Left a good job in the city
working for the man every night and day
and I never lost one minute of sleepin
worryin' 'bout the way things might have been
Big wheel keep on turnin
Proud Mary keep on burnin
Rollin', rollin' rollin' on the river!
Cleaned a lot of pletes in Memphis
pumped a lot of pain in New Orleans
but I never saw, the good side of the city
until I hitched a ride on a river boat Queen
Big wheel keep on turnin
Proud Mary keep on burnin
Rollin', rollin' rollin' on the river!
If you come down to the river
bet you gonna find some people who live
you don't have to worry 'cause you have no money:
people on the river are happy to give!
