Left a good job in the city
workin' for the man ev'ry night and day
and I never lost one minute of sleepin'
worryin' 'bout the way things might have been.
Big wheels keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burnin'.
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.
Cleaned a lot of plates 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 riverboat queen
Big wheels keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burnin'.
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.
If you came 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.
Big wheels keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burnin'.
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.