like a rolliNg stoNe - bob dylaN

Like a Rolling Stone
Written by: Bob Dylan


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Lyrics:
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime
Sidn'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
And 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?

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 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 have you on your own
no direction home
Like a complete unknown
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 and things
But you'd better lift 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
Oh how does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?  

Singers:
 1. Bob Dylan (billboard hot 100) August 30, 1965 2. Billy Strange October 1965 3. The Turtles October 1965 4. The Surfaris November 1965 5. Gene Norman Group 1965 6. The 4 Seasons 1965 7. The Invictas 1965 8. Dino, Desi and Billy 1965 9. Billy Lee Riley January 1966 10. The Young Rascals March 1966 11. Cher April 1966 12. The Lee Kings 1966 13. The Other Side 1966 14. The Creation 1967 15. Sebastian Cabot 1967 16. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs December 14, 1968 17. Rotary Connection 1968 18. Calliope [1] 1968 19. The Serfs 1969 20. The Jimi Hendrix Experience August 1970 21. Rob Van Dyke 1970 22. Maxine Weldon 1970 23. The Undisputed Truth July 1971 24. Spirit 1975 25. Bad News Reunion 1978 26. The Remains 1983 27. Taxi Girl 1983 28. Johnny Thunders 1984 29. Steve Gibbons Band 1986 30. Gang War 1990 31. The Outcasts [1] 1993 32. Judy Collins 1993 33. Mick Ronson 1994 34. The Rolling Stones October 30, 1995 35. Judson Spence May 1996 36. John Mellencamp 1996 37. The Wailing Souls September 15, 1998 38. Michael Bolton November 16, 1999 39. Nancy Sinatra 1999 40. Patricia O'Callaghan 2000 41. The Dylan Project 2001 42. Robyn Hitchcock November 5, 2002 43. The String Quartet April 8, 2003 44. Barb Jungr 2003 45. Anberlin August 16, 2005 46. Drive-By Truckers August 2005 47. The Kentucky Headhunters 2005 48. Les Fradkin July 21, 2006 49. Bachman Cummings June 26, 2007 50. The Charlie Daniels Band with Darius Rucker October 9, 2007 51. Mountain 2007 52. Susheela Raman 2007 53. Green Day May 15, 2009 54. Liv Lykke August 2, 2010 55. The Persuasions November 9, 2010 56. Janet Planet 2010 57. Peter Viskinde Band August 2011 58. Seal and Jeff Beck January 24, 2012

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