Like a Rolling Stone

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
Kidding you

You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hanging out
Now you don't speak so proud
Now you don't talk so loud
About having to be scrounging around
For your next meal

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

You went to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know that you only used to get juiced in it
Nobody ever taught you how to live out on the street
But now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He ain't selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And you say, "Do you want to make a deal?"

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

You never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers or the clowns when they all come down
And did tricks for you
You never understood it ain't no good
You should never 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, 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
No direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone
Like a rolling stone

Princes on the steeple and all the pretty people
Drinking, thinking that they got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things
You'd better take that diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Monopoly and rags and the language that they used
You go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
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
No direction home
A complete unknown
Like a rolling stone
Like a rolling stone