Come gather ’round users Wherever you roam And admit that the walls Of your gardens have grown And accept it that soon You’ll be trapped by your phones If your data to you is worth saving Then you’d better start hacking or you’ll be left alone For the times they are a-changin’
Come bloggers and journalists Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide The scoop won’t come again And don’t tweet too soon For the market’s in spin There’s no tellin’ who that it’s naming For the startups now will be later to win For the times they are a-changin’
Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don’t block innovation With your patent laws For he who gets sued Will be he who has stalled There are lawsuits abound and they’re paying Quit reading my emails and listening to my calls For the times they are a-changin’
Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land Don’t grant those permissions You don’t understand Your apps and your data Are beyond your command Your privacy is gradually eroding Come fight for a web we can all understand For the times they are a-changin’
Neutrality must stay The peoples’ vote it is cast This network of ours Will always be fast As emerging markets Will later be vast The digital devide will start fading Monopolies of now will later be last For the times they are a-changin’