How many roads must a man walk down before you will call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail before she rests in the sand?
And how many times must the cannonballs fly before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind

How many times can a man look up before he can see the sky?
How many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry?
How many deaths will it take 'til he knows that too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing the wind

How many years can a mountain exist before it is washed to the sea?
How many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free?
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