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" They thought they were all kiddin' you You used to laugh about Everybody that was hangin' out Now you don't walk so proud Now you don't talk so loud About having to be scrounging For your next meal How does it feel How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home A complete unknown Just like a rolling stone? You've went 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 But now you're gonna have to get Used to it They said you'd never compromise With the mystery tramp, but now you Realize That 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 Just like a rolling stone? How does it feel How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home A complete unknown Just like a rolling stone? Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people They're drinkin', thinkin' that they Got it made Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts You'd better take your diamond ring, You'd better pawn it babe You used to be so amused At Napoleon in rags with the language that he used Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse When 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 With no direction home Like a complete unknown Just like a rolling stone?