Left my good job in the city
Working for a man
Every night and day
Then I never lost a minute of sleeping
Worrying about the way
Things might have been
Big wheel keep on a turning
Proud Mary
Keep on a burning
Rolling
Rolling
Rolling on the river
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Humped a lot of cane
Down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
Till I hitched a ride
On the Riverboat Queen
Big wheel keep on a turning
Proud Mary
Keep on a burning
Rolling
Rolling
Rolling on the river
If you come down to the river
Bet you're 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 wheel keep on a turning
Proud Mary
Keep on a burning
Rolling
Rolling
Rolling on the river.
