How many roads must a man walk down
Before you can call him a man?
Yes, ’n’ how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, ’n’ how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they’re forever banned?

CHORUS:

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind,
The answer is blowin’ in the wind –
In the wind.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, ’n’ how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, ’n’ how many deaths will it take ’till he knows
That too many people have died?

CHORUS