Original Bob Dylan version
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man
How many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand
Yes and how many times must the cannon balls fly before they're forever banned
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
Yes and how many years can a mountain exist before it is washed to the sea
Yes and how many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free
Yes and how many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn't see
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
Yes and how many times must a man look up before he can see the sky
Yes and how many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry
Yes and how many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND is a song written by Bob Dylan who released it on his 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. The above lyrics are for the original Bob Dylan version of BLOWIN' IN THE WIND as released in 1963.
Bruce Springsteen covered Bob Dylan's BLOWIN' IN THE WIND twice in 1988. See the live 18 Jun 1988 version for more details.
List of available versions of BLOWIN' IN THE WIND on this website:
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND [Live 18 Jun 1988 version]