Left a good job
in the city
Working for the man
every night and day
And I never lost one
minute of sleeping
Worry in about 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 Memplis
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 bort queen
Big wheel keep
on turning
Proud mary keep
on burning
Rolling rolling
rolling on the river~
If you come down
to the river
But you gonna find
some people who live
You don't have to
worry because you
have no money
People on the river
are happy to give
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~