《Like a Rolling Stone》是由美国男歌手鲍勃·迪伦录唱的一首歌曲,歌词、曲谱均由鲍勃·迪伦编写。该歌曲于1965年7月20日通过哥伦比亚唱片公司发行,后被收录在鲍勃·迪伦的第六张录音室专辑《Highway 61 Revisited》。1998年,《Like a Rolling Stone》入选格莱美名人堂,成为该机构的表彰单曲之一。
在创作歌曲的过程中,鲍勃·迪伦从自己的一首长诗中获取灵感,并且在歌曲制作的前两天,努力寻找该歌曲的精髓,但一直无法成功,直到他尝试用摇滚的方式演奏歌曲时,这才有了突破。1965年6月15日至16日,鲍勃·迪伦在录音室内录制完成了歌曲《Like a Rolling Stone》。原本唱片公司觉得该歌曲超过了6分钟,也不喜欢里面的电音,所以一直犹豫是否要发行。一个月后,这首歌的副本被泄露到一家流行音乐俱乐部,并且被俱乐部内的电台DJ听到,这才促成了歌曲本身的发行 。
作为一首创作于1965年的摇滚单曲,《Like a Rolling Stone》改变了整个1960年的时代音乐样貌。
从民歌的轻吟低唱里,鲍勃·迪伦感受到的只剩空虚,他渴求叛逆、渴求告别。鲍勃·迪伦深深明白,唯有失去一切,他才能把握“得到”的契机。事实上,《Like a Rolling Stone》也确实让迪伦在民歌的高潮中死去,又在摇滚的怒潮中获得了新生。迪伦在《Like a Rolling Stone》里提出了一个无法回避的尖锐问题:“物极则反,器满则盈,高峰过去,低谷必至,当改变发生,你感觉怎样?” [2] 。这首歌曲革命性地融入不同音乐元素,因此被视为改变商业体系和艺术观念里程碑式的作品 。
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 know 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
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 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?