Robyn Hitchcock - Like a Rolling Stone lyrics

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 without a home like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
You've gone to the finest school all right
Miss Lonely but you know you only used
To get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how
To live on the street
And now you find out you're gonna
Have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And ask him do you want to make a deal?

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?

You never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down and
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 the
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 took from you
Everything he could steal 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?

Princess on the steeple and
All the pretty people they're drinkin'
Thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious
Gifts and things
But you'd better lift 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?