Like a Rolling Stone (Live at Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA - February 11, 1974 (Afternoon) [Incomplete])

[Verse 1]

Once upon a time, you dressed so fine

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 a-hangin' out

Now you don't talk so loud

Now you don't seem so proud

About having to be scrounging around to make a-your next a-meal

[Chorus]

How does it feel?

How does it feel

To be without a home

With no direction home

Like a complete unknown?

Just like a rolling stone

[Verse 2]

Aw, you're going to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely

But ya know ya only used to get juiced in it

Nobody's ever taught ya how to live out on the street

And you find out now you're gonna have to get used to it

You said you'd never compromise

With the mystery tramp, but now ya realize

He's not selling any alibis

As ya stare into the vacuum of his eyes

And say, “Would you like to make a deal?"

[Chorus]

How does it feel?

How does it feel

To be without a home

With no direction home

Like a complete unknown?

Just like a rolling stone

[Verse 3]

You never turned around to see the frowns

On the jugglers and the clowns when they all came down to do 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 discover that

He really wasn't where it's at

After he's taken everything he can steal?

[Chorus]

How does it feel?

How does it feel

To be without a home

With no direction home

Like a complete unknown?

Like a rolling stone

[Verse 4]

Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people

They're all drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made

Exchangin' all precious gifts and things

But you'd better take your diamond ring down, 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 ya, ya can't refuse

When you ain't got nothin', ya got nothin' to lose

You're invisible, ya got no secrets to conceal

[Chorus]

Woo, how does it feel?

How does it feel

To be without a home

With no direction home

Like a complete unknown?

Like a rolling stone