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"

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 on your own

With no direction home

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 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?