Ah you never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns when they all 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 a chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discovered 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 on your own, with no direction home
Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone

 

Ahh princess on a steeple and all the pretty people
They're all drinking, thinking that they've got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts
But you better take your diamond ring, you better pawn it babe

 

You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him he calls you, you can't refuse
When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you've 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 rolling stone

 

Everybody's talking at me
I don't hear a word they're saying
Only the echoes of my mind

 

People stopping, staring
I can't see their faces
Only the shadows of their eyes

 

I'm going where the sun keeps shining
Through the pouring rain
Going where the weather suits my clothes

 

Banking off of the northeast winds
Sailing on a summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone