| Year: | 1965 |
| Rank: | 41 |
| Duration: | 5:59 |
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime,
didn't you?
People'd 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's 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
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
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 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 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?