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 for your next meal

How does it feel, how does it feel
To be without a home?
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone

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'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?
How does it feel, how does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home? A complete unknown
Like a rolling stone

Ah, 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 shouldn't 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 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?

Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're all drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts but you'd 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 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
Like a rolling stone?