1971年The Temptations推出Papa Like a Rolling Stone(好歌！)，1973年Dr. Hook的The Cover of the Rolling Stone，1974年Robin Trower的Too Rolling Stone，至於歌詞裡提到「Rolling Stone」的則多不勝屬。
正因為Rolling Stone的巨大意象，我們才能瞭解，當年Bob Dylan跨界創作了Like a Rolling Stone，對於當時的搖滾樂界是何等震撼、何等歡欣的一大事件，也能了解為何事隔了40年，Rolling Stone雜誌仍然忠實的將它捧上500大之首的地位。
Lyrics
Well, I wish I was a catfish, swimmin in a oh, deep, blue sea I would have all you good lookin women, fishin, fishin after me Sure 'nough, a-after me Sure 'nough, a-after me Oh 'nough, oh 'nough, sure 'nough
I went to my baby's house, and I sit down oh, on her steps. She said, "Now, come on in now, Muddy You know, my husband just now left Sure 'nough, he just now left Sure 'nough, he just now left" Sure 'nough, oh well, oh well
Well, my mother told my father, just before hmmm, I was born, "I got a boy child's comin, He's gonna be, he's gonna be a rollin stone, Sure 'nough, he's a rollin stone Sure 'nough, he's a rollin stone" Oh well he's a, oh well he's a, oh well he's a
Well, I feel, yes I feel, feel that a low down time ain't long I'm gonna catch the first thing smokin, back, back down the road I'm goin Back down the road I'm goin Back down the road I'm goin Sure 'nough back, sure 'nough back
Like a Rolling Stone歌詞中的Miss Lonely到底是不是Edie Sedgwick，眾說紛紜，但是1966年Dylan推出的專輯Blonde on Blonde，據稱「到處充滿了Sedgwick的鬼魂("there's no doubt that the ghost of Edie Sedgwick hangs around Blonde on Blonde")」。
Lyrics 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 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 precious gifts But you'd better take 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 ?
Lyrics There was a time, when men were kind And their voices were soft And their words were inviting There was a time, when love was blind And the world was a song And the song was exciting There was a time it all went wrong
I dreamed a dream in time gone by When hope was high and life worth living I dreamed that love would never die I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid And dreams were made and used and wasted There was no ransom to be paid No song unsung, no wine untasted
But the tigers come at night With their voices soft as thunder As they tear your hope apart As they turn your dreams to shame
He slept a summer by my side He filled my dreams with endless wonder He took my childhood in his stride But he was gone when autumn came
And still I dream he'd come to me That we would live the years together But there are dreams that cannot be And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be So different from the hell I'm living So different now from what it seemed Now life has killed the dream I dreamed
No more champagne And the fireworks are through Here we are, me and you Feeling lost and feeling blue It’s the end of the party And the morning seems so grey So unlike yesterday Now’s the time for us to say...
Happy new year Happy new year May we all have a vision now and then Of a world where every neighbour is a friend Happy new year Happy new year May we all have our hopes, our will to try If we don’t we might as well lay down and die You and i
Sometimes I see How the brave new world arrives And I see how it thrives In the ashes of our lives Oh yes, man is a fool And he thinks he’ll be okay Dragging on, feet of clay Never knowing he’s astray Keeps on going anyway...
Happy new year Happy new year May we all have a vision now and then Of a world where every neighbour is a friend Happy new year Happy new year May we all have our hopes, our will to try If we don’t we might as well lay down and die You and i
Seems to me now That the dreams we had before Are all dead, nothing more Than confetti on the floor It’s the end of a decade In another ten years time Who can say what we’ll find What lies waiting down the line In the end of eighty-nine...
Happy new year Happy new year May we all have a vision now and then Of a world where every neighbour is a friend Happy new year Happy new year May we all have our hopes, our will to try If we don’t we might as well lay down and die You and i
