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? 以下是我在youtube上蒐集的三個很棒的演唱版本：
Live by "Bob Dylan" in 1966
Music Video by "The Rolling Stones"
"Jimi Hendrix" Live in Monterey / Like a Rolling Stone in 1967
從我開始聽滾石大嘴巴此曲一直是我最愛的搖滾歌曲top10。電腦裡有個資料夾叫作" jimmy's 100 Rock'n Roll "，是念大學時代用napster 一首一首把那100首搖滾經典名曲(VH1: 100 Greatest Rock Songs)跨山隔海的從世界的彼端抓下來。其中Like A Rolling Stone是先抓到The Rolling Stones的版本。
對我來說意義最深刻的是排名第3 "Stairway to Heaven / Led Zeppelin"，哪個學過吉他的不曾幻想過自己的手指頭能有jimmy page的1/10快好抓下那銷魂得鋪天蓋地的solo。當年抓的並不完整，很幸運的在室友強納生的ftp裡發現100 Greatest Guitar Solos，100首都有了只是並不完全是榜上的歌手詮釋的版本，如此補足不少我遺漏的。
Bob Dylan的原創版本當然是經典中的經典，但是他老人家含在嘴裏呢喃的詩句以及飄浮不定隨心所至的吉他和絃，連高手都難以摹仿。至然，最近煩惱要考過TOEFL itp 500的我，很難去follow他在唱甚麼。
