Like a Rolling Stone

Once upon a time you dressed so fine Threw the bums a dime in your prime Didn't you?

People call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall" You thought they were all Kidding' you?

You used to laugh about Everybody that was hangin' out Now you don't talk so loud Now you don't seem so proud About having to be scrounging Your next meal

How does it feel? How does it feel? To be without a home? Like a complete unknown? Like a rolling stone?

Ah, you've gone to the finest school All right, Miss Lonely But you know you only used to get Juiced in it

Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the street And now you're gonna have to get Used to it

You say you never compromise With the mystery tramp but now you realise He's not selling any alibis As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes And say "Do you want to make a deal?"

How does it feel? How does it feel? To be on your own? With no direction home? A complete unknown? Like a rolling stone?

Ah, you never turned around to see the frowns On the jugglers and the clowns when they all did Tricks for you

Never understood that it ain't no good You shouldn't let other people Get your kicks for you

You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat Ain't it hard when you discover that? He really wasn't where it's at After he took from you everything he could steal?

How does it feel? How does it feel? To have on your own? With no direction home? Like a complete unknown? Like a rolling stone?

Ah, princess on the steeple and all the Pretty people they're all drinkin', thinkin' that they Got it made

Exchanging all precious gifts But you'd better take your diamond ring You'd better pawn it, babe

You used to be so amused At Napoleon in rags And the language that he used Go to him now, he calls you You can't refuse

When you ain't got nothin' You got nothin' to lose You're invisible now, you got no secrets To conceal

How does it feel? Ah, how does it feel? To be on your own? With no direction home? Like a complete unknown? Like a rolling stone?