Like A Rolling Stone

Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan


Once upon a time you dressed so fine

You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
bums:someone, especially a man, who has no home or job, and who asks people for money
prime:the time in your life when you are strongest and most active

People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
beware:used to warn someone to be careful because something is dangerous
doll:a word meaning an attractive young woman - now usually considered offensive
bind:to tie someone so that they cannot move or escape

You thought they were all kiddin' you

You used to laugh about

Everybody that was hangin' out
hang out:to spend a lot of time in a particular place or with particular people

Now you don't talk so loud

Now you don't seem so proud

About having to be scrounging for your next meal.
scrounge:to get money or something you want by asking other people for it rather than by paying for it yourself


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
juice:juice something ↔ up
to make something more interesting or exciting

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
compromise:to reach an agreement in which everyone involved accepts less that what they wanted at first

With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
tramp:someone who has no home or job and moves from place to place, often asking for food or money

He's not selling any alibis
alibis:something that proves that someone was not where a crime happened and therefore could not have done it

As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
vacuum:a space that is completely empty of all gas, especially one from which all the air has been taken away
in a vacuum:existing completely separately from other people or things and having no connection with them

And ask him do you want to make a deal?
deal:an agreement or arrangement, especially in business or politics, that helps both sides involved


I read the lyrics today with the Longman Dictionary.
but I can't understand difference of meaning of bum and tramp.
Are these words same things?
and I can't understand clearly meaning of "juice".
please teach me.