Drive-By Truckers - Like A Rolling Stone lyrics

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Once upon a time, you dressed so fine<br />

Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?<br />

People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"<br />

You thought they were all kiddin' you<br />

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You used to laugh about everybody that was hangin' out<br />

Now you don't talk so loud, now you don't seem so proud<br />

About having to be scrounging around for your next meal<br />

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How does it feel, how does it feel<br />

To be on your own with no direction home?<br />

Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone<br />

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You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely<br />

Don't you know you only used to get juiced in it?<br />

Nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street<br />

Now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it<br />

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You said you'd never compromise<br />

With the mystery tramp but now you realize<br />

He's not selling any alibis<br />

As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes<br />

And say,"Do you want to make a deal?"<br />

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How does it feel, how does it feel<br />

To be without a home, with no direction home?<br />

Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone<br />

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You never turned around to see the frowns<br />

On the jugglers and the clowns<br />

When they all came down and did tricks for you<br />

You never understood that it ain't no good<br />

You should never let other people get your kicks for you<br />

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You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat<br />

Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat<br />

Ain't it hard when you discover that<br />

He really wasn't where it's at?<br />

After he's taken everything he could steal<br />

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How does it feel, how does it feel<br />

To be without a home, with no direction home?<br />

Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone<br />

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Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people<br />

Drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made<br />

Exchanging all precious gifts and things<br />

But take your diamond ring down and pawn it, babe<br />

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You used to be so amused<br />

At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used<br />

Go to him now, he calls you, and you can't refuse<br />

When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose<br />

You're invisible, you got no secrets to conceal<br />

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How does it feel, how does it feel<br />

To be without a home, with no direction home?<br />

Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone<br /><br />