Not blowin' in the wind

How many roads must a man walk down

Before you call him a man?

And how many seas must a white dove sail

Before she sleeps in the sand?

And how many times must the cannon balls fly

Before they're forever banned?

How many times must a man look up

Before he can see the sky?

And how many ears must one man have

Before he can hear people cry?

And how many deaths will it take till he knows

That too many people have died?

How many years can a mountain exist

Before it's washed to the sea?

And how many years can some people exist

Before they're allowed to be free?

And how many times can a man turn his head,

Pretending he just doesn't see?

The answer, my friend, is NOT blowin' in the wind,

The answer is not even inside you,

The answer, my friend, is FORTY-TWO