[Verse 1]
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
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 around for your next meal

[Chorus]
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone

[Verse 2]
You’ve gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
Nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And 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’s not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say "Do you want to make a deal?"
[Chorus]
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To be without a home
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone

[Verse 3]
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 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 where it’s at
After he's taken from you everything he could steal?

[Chorus]
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To be without a home
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone
[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
Princess on the steeple and all pretty people
Drinkin’, thinkin’ that they got it made
Exchangin' all precious gifts and thing
But take your diamond ring, you’d better pawn it, babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags kinda like the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can’t refuse
When you ain't got nothin', you got nothin' to lose
You’re invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal

[Chorus]
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To be without a home
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone