Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People'd call, say, "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

Here we go
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've gone to the finest school alright, little Miss Lonely
But you only got juiced in it
See, no one ever taught you how to live out on the street
And now you know you've gotta get used to it)
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
(This cat's not selling no 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 their tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get their 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
No direction home
A complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

Princess on the steeple, all the pretty people
They're thinkin', drinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts
Y'better take that diamond ring, y'better pawn it, babe
You used to be so amused
With Napoleon in rags and all the clever language that he used
Go ahead now, he calls you, man, you can't refuse
Now that you realize you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal
Well, how does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
And a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?