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 wheel keep on turnin´,
Proud Mary keep on burnin´,
Rollin´, rollin´, rollin´ on the river.

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis,
Pumped a lot of tane down in New Orleans,
but I never saw the good side of the city,
´Til 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.
Rollin´, rollin´, rollin´ on the river.

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 wheel keep on turnin´,
Proud Mary keep on burnin´,
Rollin´, rollin´, rollin´ 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,
´Til 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.
Rollin´, rollin´, rollin´ 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 turnin´,
Proud Mary keep on burnin´,
Rollin´, rollin´, rollin´ on the river.
Rollin´, rollin´, rollin´ on the river.
Rollin´, rollin´, rollin´ on the river.
Rollin´, rollin´, rollin´ on the river.