Once upon a time
You dressed so fine
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
a-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 havin' to be scroungin'
for your next meal
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rollin' stone
Oh you've gone to the finest
school alright Miss Lonely
But you know you only
used to get juiced in it
Nobody's ever taught you
how to live out on the street
And how you're gonna
have to get used to it
You say you never compromise
with a mystery tramp
But now you realize
He's not sellin' 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
A complete unknown
Like a rollin' stone
Oh you never turned around
to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns
When they all did tricks for 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 your
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 have you on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rollin' stone
Ah princess on a steeple
And all the pretty people
They're all drinkin' thinkin'
that they've got it made
Exchangin' all precious gifts
But you better
take your 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 ain't got nothin'
You got nothin' to lose
You're invisible now
You got no secrets to conceal
How does it feel
Ah how does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rollin' stone