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Like a Rolling Stone
Vocabulary from Bob Dylan: 'Like a Rolling Stone'.
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
You thought they were all a-kidding you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hanging out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging your next meal
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone
Aw, you've 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
And now you're gonna have to get used to it
You say 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
Aw, you never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns when they all did tricks for 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 took from you everything he could steal?
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To hang on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone
Aw, princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're all drinking, thinking that they got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts
You'd better take your diamond ring, you 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?
Aw, how does it feel?
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone
Vocabulary
once upon a time
Adverbˈwʌns.əˈpɒn.əˈtaɪ̯m
a set phrase meaning long ago, especially at the start of a story
Once upon a time, this valley was full of apple trees.
Common at the beginning of fairy tales. In ordinary speech, it can sound nostalgic or playful when talking about the distant past.
you
Pronounjuː
you (second person pronoun)
I love you.
Refers to the person or people being addressed.
dress
Verbdɹɛs
to put clothes on someone
He washed the children and dressed them for school.
Can be used intransitively (to put clothes on oneself) or transitively (to put clothes on someone else). Often used as 'get dressed' in spoken English.
so
Adverbsoʊ
very; to a great degree
The sunset was so beautiful.
Used to emphasize an adjective or adverb.
fine
Adjectivefaɪn
good; healthy; acceptable
I feel fine this morning.
Used to describe a positive physical or emotional state, or to indicate that something is acceptable.
throw
Verbθroʊ
to send something through the air with force
He threw the ball back over the fence.
Used when an object is propelled by the arm and hand.
the
Determinerðə
the definite article
The sun is hot.
Used before a noun to refer to a specific thing already known or mentioned.
bum
Nounbʌm
lazy person; idle person
He's nothing but a lazy bum.
Informal and often disapproving. Refers to a person who avoids work or spends time idly. In US English, it can also refer to a homeless person.
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