How many roads must a man walk down

Before you can call him a man

How many seas must a white dove sail

Before she sleeps in the sand

Yes how many times must the cannon balls fly

Before they're forever banned

The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind

The answer is blowin' in the wind

How many years can a mountain exist

Before it's washed to the sea

Yes how many years can some people exist

Before they're allowed to be free

Yes how many times can a man turn his head

Pretending he just doesn't see

The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind

The answer is blowin' in the wind

How many times must a man look up

Before he can really see the sky

Yes how many ears must one man have

Before he can hear people cry

Yes how many deaths will it take till he knows

That too many people have died

The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind

The answer is blowin' in the wind

The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind

The answer is blowin' in the wind