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Song 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
Nobody has ever taught you how to live out on the street
And now 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 say do you want to make a deal?

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
A complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

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 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 all drinkin`, thinkin` that they got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts
But you`d better take 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 ain`t 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?

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Release History

The Bob Dylan song "Like a Rolling Stone" appears on the following albums:

1965 Revisited

  1. Ballad of Hollis Brown (5:02)
  2. Desolation Row (take 1) (mono mix)
  3. I'll Keep It With Mine (take 1) (mono mix with intro)
  4. Interview (17:56)
  5. [interview for "Playboy" magazine, Part 2]
  6. Introduction (0:55)
  7. Maggie's Farm (5:24)
  8. [San Francisco press conference]
  9. Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence (mono mix with intro)
  10. The Times They Are A-Changin' (3:00)
  11. [interview for "Playboy" magazine, Part 1]
  12. It's All Over Now Baby Blue (take 1) (mono mix)
  13. Long-Distance Operator (3:38)
  14. Queen Jane Approximately (mono mix)
  15. Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence (take 1) (stereo mix)
  16. To Ramona (4:32)
  17. Ballad of a Thin Man (7:00)
  18. Gates of Eden (5:40)
  19. Highway 61 Revisited (mono mix)
  20. Over the Cliffs (a.k.a. Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence) (take 2) (stereo acetate)
  21. Subterranean Homesick Blues (take 1) (mono mix)
  22. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (2:35)
  23. Ballad of a Thin Man (mono mix)
  24. Farewell Angelina (mono mix)
  25. If You Gotta Go, Go Now (2:56)
  26. It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry (take 1) (mono mix with intro)
  27. Like a Rolling Stone (6:54)
  28. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (take 3) (mono mix)
  29. It's All Right Ma, I'm Only Bleeding
  30. It's All Right Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (incomplete)
  31. It's All Right Ma (It's Life And Life Only)
  32. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (mono mix)
  33. Phantom Engineer (a.k.a. It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry) (take 2) (stereo mix #1)
  34. Positively 4th Street (3:52)
  35. You Don't Have to Do That (mono mix)
  36. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (take 4) (mono mix)
  37. Desolation Row (1:31)
  38. It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry (take 1) (stereo mix #2)
  39. Love Minus Zero / No Limit (3:45)
  40. Love Minus Zero/No Limit (incomplete)
  41. She Belongs to Me (take 1) (mono mix)
  42. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (take 4) (stereo acetate No. 87184)
  43. Like a Rolling Stone (warm up)
  44. [London Airport, arrival area interview]
  45. [Los Angeles press conference]
  46. Love Minus Zero/No Limits (take 1) (mono mix)
  47. Mr. Tambourine Man (2:17)
  48. [conference room, press interview]
  49. I Wanna Be Your Lover (take 1) (mono mix)
  50. If You Gotta Go, Go Now (take 1) (original mono mix)
  51. Like a Rolling Stone (mono mix)
  52. One Too Many Mornings (2:37)
  53. Talking World War III Blues
  54. With God on Our Side (incomplete)
  55. [backstage after concert]
  56. Boots of Spanish Leather (5:45)
  57. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (take 1) (mono mix)
  58. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (6:08)
  59. I Wanna Be Your Lover (take 2) (mono mix)
  60. If You Gotta Go, Go Now (take 1) (mono acetate mix)
  61. [intermission comments]
  62. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (3:23)
  63. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (take 2) (mono mix)
  64. If You Gotta Go, Go Now (take 2) (mono mix with intro)
  65. [interview for "Time" magazine]
  66. It Ain't Me Babe (incomplete)
  67. Jet Pilot (stereo mix)
  68. Tombstone Blues (5:56)
  69. With God on Our Side (7:04)
  70. I Don't Believe You (3:14)
  71. If You Gotta Go, Go Now (take 2) (stereo mix)
  72. Medicine Sunday (mono mix)
  73. Positively 4th Street (mono mix)
  74. She Belongs to Me (2:48)
  75. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (incomplete)
  76. From a Buick 6 (3:06)
  77. I'll Keep It With Mine (take 2) (stereo acetate mix)
  78. It Ain't Me, Babe (3:34)
  79. It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry (mono mix)
  80. Number One Instrumental (mono mix)
  81. Freeze Out (stereo acetate No. 87184)
  82. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (5:38)
  83. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (5:45)
  84. Tombstone Blues (mono mix)
  85. All I Really Want to Do (4:01)
  86. From a Buick 6 (take 1) (mono mix)
  87. Lost Highway
  88. From a Buick 6 (take 2) (mono acetate mix)
  89. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
  90. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (4:13)
  91. It's Alright, Ma (7:57)
  92. From a Buick 6 (take 2) (stereo mix)
  93. Little Things
  94. [piano/harmonica tune]
  95. Medley: The Times They Are A-Changin' / Talking World War III Blues / It's All Right Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) / Gates of Eden / Love Minus Zero/No Limit / All I Really Want To Do
  96. [Miami sales convention speech] (0:53)
1974-01-10: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada
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1974-01-14, afternoon show: Boston Gardens, Boston, MA, USA
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1974-02-09, afternoon show: Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA
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1974-02-14, evening show: Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA
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1978-06-26: Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, West Germany
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1978-10-27: Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
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1978-10-31: Coming From the Heat of St Paul: Civic Center, St. Paul, MN, USA
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1978-11-29: L.S.U. Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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1978-12-10: Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC, USA
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1978-12-12: The Omni, Atlanta, GA, USA
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1990-01-30: Theatre de Grand Rex, Paris, France (LTB source)
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2000-09-22: Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England, UK
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2005-11-18: Birmingham 2005: NEC Arena, Birmingham, England, UK
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4 Play
1987

4 Play

  1. Like a Rolling Stone (6:54)
  2. Rainy Day Women Nos. 12 & 35 (4:34)
  3. Lay, Lady, Lay (3:20)
  4. Knockin' On Heaven's Door (2:30)
A Bird's Nest In Your Hair
1999