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 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 scrounging for your next meal

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

Ah, you've gone to the finest schools all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
Ah, 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 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 came down and 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 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?

Ah, princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
Drinkin' and thinkin' that they all got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things but you'd better lift a 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 got nothin', you got nothin' 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?