Left a good job in the city
working for the man
every night and day
And I never lost one
minute of sleeping
worrying bout the
way that things
might have been
Big wheel keep on
turning proud Mary
keep on burning
And we're rolling
rolling yeah
rolling on the river
Cleaned a lot of
plates in Memphis
Ya know I pumped a
lot of tane down
in New Orleans
But I never saw
the good side of the city
until I hitched a ride
on the riverboat queen
Big wheel keep
on turning
Proud Mary
keep on burning
And we're rolling
rolling yeah
rolling on the river
Said we're rolling
rolling yeah
Rolling on the river
The river
Left a good job
in the city working for
the man every
night and day
And I never lost
one minute of sleeping
worrying bout the
way that things
might have been
Big wheel keep
on turning
Proud Mary
keep on burning
Rolling rolling
rolling on the river
Said we're rolling
rolling rolling
on the river
We're up
do do do do do
do do do do do
alright
Cleaned a lot of
plates in Memphis
And I pumped a lot
of tane down
in New Orleans
But I never saw
the good side of the city
until I hitched a ride
on the riverboat queen
Big wheel keep
on turning
Proud Mary
keep on burning
And we're rolling
rolling rolling
on the river
Said we're rolling
rolling rolling
on the river
We're up
do do do do do
do do do do do
alright
If you come down
to the river I bet you
going to find some
people who live
And you don't have to
worry if you got no money
people on the river
are happy to give
Big wheel keep
on turning
Proud Mary
keep on burning
And we're rolling and
we're rolling and
we're rolling on the river
Rolling
rolling rolling
on the river
We're up
do do do do do
do do do do do
yeah
Alright
uh huh
wooo
Rolling rolling
yeah rolling
on the river
Rolling yeah
rolling rolling
on the river
Said we're rolling
oh rolling yeah
rolling on the river
I'll tell ya we're
rolling rolling
rolling on the river
Yeah
alright
uh huh