How many roads must a man walk down

Before you call him a man

And how many seas must the white dove sail

Before she sleeps in the sand

And how many years must the cannonballs fly

Before they're forever banned

The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind

The answer is blowin' in the wind

And how many times can 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 'til he knows that

Too many people have died

The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind

The answer is blowin' in the wind

And how many years can a mountain exist

Before it falls to the sea

And how many years must 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 blowin' in the wind

The answer is blowin' in the wind