[Instrumental Intro]
[Slow Blues-Rock Guitar Riff, Deep Bass, Drums, Hammond Organ; Gradually Building]
[Verse 1]
Started at the top
Didn’t think we’d move
Just a little push
Just a little groove
Gravity was waiting
Patient as can be
One little nudge
And suddenly…
We’re moving faster
Down the line
Picking up momentum
One step at a time
What looked so small
At the start of the ride
Has become something
You can’t push aside
[Pre-Chorus]
Round and round
Down we go
Faster now
Than we know
What begins
As all alone
Can become
A force of its own
[Refrain]
Gonna hit ya…
(Like a rolling stone)
Ya…
(Too late to moan)
Yes, indeed…
(As it gathers speed)
The momentum…
(Is really somethin’)
Roll…
(Roll, baby, roll)
Still…
(Rolling down the hill)
[Verse 2]
All that energy
Waiting on high
Stored in the scenery
Under the sky
Then gravity says
“Let it go”
And suddenly
Watch ‘er flow
[Pre-Chorus]
Round and round
Down we go
Faster now
Than we know
Mass in motion
Changes things
Momentum has
Its own set of wings
[Refrain]
Gonna hit ya…
(Like a rolling stone)
Ya…
(Too late to moan)
Yes, indeed…
(As it gathers speed)
The momentum…
(Is really somethin’)
Roll…
(Roll, baby, roll)
Still…
(Rolling down the hill)
[Instrumental Break]
[Electric Guitar and Hammond Organ Trade Short Bluesy Phrases; Bass Locks Into a Driving Repeating Pattern]
[Bridge]
… falling
(A moving mass)
Calling…
(Better move out fast)
While the choices last…
And when the time
Gets smaller and smaller
It’s time you’ll find…
The pitfalls of “taller”
[Spoken]
Mass times velocity.
(Oh the simplicity)
Of course…
(An enormous force)
[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Bass and Sparse Drums]
Gonna hit ya…
[Whisper]
Like a rolling stone.
[Pause]
You saw it coming…
[Response]
You’re not along
[Pause]
But once it starts…
[Low Response]
It’s moving.
[Build]
[Drums and Guitar Gradually Return]
One stone…
(Grooving)
Rock…
(Moving)
Rock…
(Proving)
A new grooving.
[Final Refrain]
Gonna hit ya…
(Like a rolling stone)
Ya…
(Too late to moan)
Yes, indeed…
(As it gathers speed)
The momentum…
(Is really somethin’)
Roll…
(Roll, baby, roll)
Still…
(Rolling down the hill)
[Final Hit]
ROLL!
[Outro]
[Slow Guitar Riff; Bass and Hammond Fade]
Roll, baby, roll…
Still rolling down the hill…
Like a rolling stone.
(Loss of freewill?)
From the album “Fluidization“