Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
Peopled call, say, beware doll, you're bound to fall

You thought they were all kiddin' 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 for your next meal.


How does it feel
How does it feel

To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?


You've gone to the finest school all right, miss lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it

And nobody has ever taught you how to live out on the street
And now you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise

With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
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

Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?


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 be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown

Like a rolling stone?

Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people

They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things
But you'd better lift 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 cant refuse

When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.


How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own

With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

Like a rolling stone
Like a rolling stone
Like a rolling stone