“Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don’t criticize
What you can’t understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin’.
Please get out of the new one
If you can’t lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin’.”
Question
Explain how music and fashion expressed the ideals of the 1960s counterculture and describe their effect on mainstream American culture. How do the lyrics above reflect the changing values of the time?