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Bob Dylan's Song, Like A Rolling Stone
LIKE A ROLLING STONE

Like a Rolling Stone was written by Bob Dylan in 1965. This is one of his most infamous songs which many people have written songs based on. Also the famous magazine Rolling Stone was retrieve from this song (or so Mr. Speizle says.) This song has many interesting quotes said within each stanza; a story which talks about the life of a lady who is considered a ‘Rolling Stone.'
This piece of literature particularly talks about the lifestyle of a young lady and the drastic changes she went through. In the beginning of the poem, she was the type of girl many young females want to be like today. She was a well dressed and fortunate girl who seem to have a lot of things that others were not granted. In today society many


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