Once upon a timeyou dressed so fine
Threw the bums a dimein your primedidn t you?
People callsay "Bewaredollyou re bound to fall."
You thought they were all kiddin you.
You used to laugh about Everybody that was hangin out
But now you don t talk so loudNow you don t seem so proud
About havin to be scroungin your next meal.
How does it feel? How does it feel.
To be on your own. With no direction home.A complete unknown. Like a rollin stone.
You ve gone to the finest schoolsalrightMiss Lovely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it.
You never had to live out on the street
But now you re gonna have to get used to it.
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulders 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.
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 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 he says"Do you want to make a deal?"
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They re all drinkin thinkin that they ve got it made.
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts
You d better lift your diamond ringyou d better pawn it babe.
You used to be so amused
At Napolean in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now he calls you you can t refuse
When you got nothin you got nothin to lose
Your invisible now you ve got no secrets to conceal.

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