Big wheel keep on turning
And we're rolling, rolling
So we're gonna take the beginning of this song and do it easy
Left a good job in the city
(Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river)
Worrying 'bout the way things might have been
Say, we're rolling, rolling
Proud Mary keep on burning
Rolling on the river
And you don't have to worry if you got no money
And I never lost one minute of sleeping
But I never saw the good side of the city
If you come down to the river
This is the way we do 'Proud Mary'
Worrying 'bout the way that things might have been
And I never lost one minute of sleeping
Rolling on the river
Proud Mary keep on burning
I pumped a lot of tane down in New Orleans
Rolling on the river
Say, we're rolling, rolling
Big wheel keep on turning
And we're rolling, so we're rolling
Listen to the story
And we're rolling on the river
Big wheel keep on turning
Big wheel keep on turning
And we're rolling, rolling
And we're rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
We always do it nice and rough
Proud Mary keep on burning
'Til I hitched a ride on the riverboat queen
Rolling, rolling
And we're rolling on the river
I tell you, we're rolling, rolling
Nice and easy but there's just one thing
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Working for the man every night and day
Rolling on the river, the river
Until I hitched a ride on the riverboat queen
(Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river)
Tell me one more time
I bet you gonna find some people who live
(Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river)
Proud Mary keep on burning
Rolling on the river
(Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river)
But I never saw the good side of the city
Proud Mary keep on burning
You see, we never ever do nothing nice and easy
And we're rolling and we're rolling
Then we're gonna do the finish rough
We're rolling on the river
I left a good job in the city
And I pumped a lot of tane down in New Orleans
Working for the man every night and day
I cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Big wheel keep on turning
People on the river are happy to give
