Like a Rolling Stone
Lyrics
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime
Didn't you?
People call say 'beware doll, you're bound to fall'
You thought that they were all just kidding you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hanging out
Now you don't talk so loud
And 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
You've gone to the finest schools, alright Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
Nobody ever taught you how to live out on the street
And now ya find 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 you ask him, mhm
Do you wanna make a deal?
Oh, 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 come down and did
Tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get all 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 drinking, they're thinking that they've got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things
But you better lift your diamond ring, you better
You 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 got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal
And how does it feel?
Oh how does it feel?
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone
Writer(s): Bob Dylan
Copyright(s): Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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