Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Rolling Stones
Performer
Mick Jagger
Vocals
Keith Richards
Guitar
Darryl Jones
Bass
Ron Wood
Guitar
Charlie Watts
Drums
Lisa Fischer
Background Vocals
Bernard Fowler
Background Vocals
Chuck Leavell
Keyboards
Bobby Keys
Saxophone
Andy Snitzer
Saxophone
Kent Smith
Trumpet
Michael Davis
Trombone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bob Dylan
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ed Cherney
Mixing Engineer
Mitch Dorf
Mixing Engineer
Don Was
Producer
Bob Clearmountain
Mixing Engineer
Jess Sutcliffe
Mixing Engineer
Mick McKenna
Producer
Sergio Ruleas
Engineer
Tim Young
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Threw the bums a dime in your prime
Didn't you?
People call, say, beware doll, you're bound to fall
They thought that you were just a
Kiddin' you
[Verse 2]
Well you used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't walk so proud
Now you don't talk so loud
About having to be scrounging
Your next meal
[Verse 3]
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction at all
A complete unknown
Just like a rolling stone?
[Verse 4]
Gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the street
But baby now you gonna have to get used to it
You said you never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
That he's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say, do you want to make a deal?
[Verse 5]
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction at all
A complete unknown
Just like a rolling stone?
[Verse 6]
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction at all
A complete unknown
Just like a rolling stone?
[Verse 7]
There are princes on the steeple and all the pretty people
Drinking, thinking that they got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts
Well the better take that diamond ring
You'd better pawn it, babe
[Verse 8]
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags
Was it the language that he used?
Now go to him now 'cause you can't refuse
When you ain't got nothin', you got nothin' to lose
You're invisible now
You got no secrets to conceal
[Verse 9]
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction at all
A complete unknown
Just like a rolling stone?
Written by: Bob Dylan