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 things might have been

Big wheel keep on turning

Proud Mary keep on burning

Rolling rolling rolling on the river

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis

Pumped a lot of pain down 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 turning

Proud Mary keep on burning Rolling rolling rolling on the river

Rolling rolling rolling on the river

Rolling rolling rolling on the river Rolling rolling rolling on the river If you come down to the river

Rolling rolling on the river