You know, every now and then I think you might like to hear Somethin’ from us, nice and easy There’s just one thing you see We never, ever do nothin’ nice and easy We always do it nice and rough But we’re gonna take the beginning of this song and do it easy But then we’re gonna do the finish rough That’s the way we do Proud Mary
And we’re rolling (Ooh), rolling (Ooh), rolling on the river Listen to the story
Left a good job in the city (Down in the city) Workin’ for the man every night and day And I never lost one minute of sleep (And I was) Worryin’ about the way that things might have been
Big wheel keep on turnin Proud Mary keep on burnin’ And we’re rollin’ (Rollin’) Rollin’ yeah (Rollin’), rollin’ on the river (Rollin’ on the river)
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis (You know I) And I pumped a lot of ‘pane down in New Orleans But I never saw the good side of that city until I hitched A ride on the river boat Queen
Big wheel keep on turnin’ Proud Mary keep on burnin’ And we’re rollin’ (Rollin’) Rollin’ yeah (Rollin’), rollin’ on the river (Rollin’ on the river) Said we’re rollin’ (Rollin’) Rollin’ yeah (Rollin’), rollin’ on the river (Rollin’ on the river)
I left a good job in the city Workin’ for the man every night and day And I never lost one minute of sleep Worryin’ about the way things might have been
Big wheel keep on turnin’ (Turnin’) Proud Mary keep on burnin’ (Burnin’) Rollin’ Rollin’, rollin’ on the river Said we’re rollin’ Rollin’, rollin’ on the river
Oh I cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis And I pumped a lot of ‘pane down in New Orleans But I never saw the good side of the city until I hitched A ride on the river boat Queen
Big wheel keep on turnin’ (Turnin’) Proud Mary keep on burnin’ (Burnin’) And we’re rollin’ Said we’re rollin’, we’re rollin’ on the river I tell ya we’re rollin’ Rollin’, we’re rollin’ on the river
Alright, yeah Ooh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
If you come down to the river I betcha you’re gonna find some people who live And you don’t have to worry If you got no money People on the river are happy to give
Big wheel keep on turnin’ (Turnin’) Proud Mary keep on burnin’ (Burnin’) And we’re rollin’ And we’re rollin’ And we’re rollin’ on a river Tell me one more time Rollin’ (Yeah) Rollin’ (Alright) Rollin’ on the river (Ooh yeah)
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river (Yeah, alright now) We’re rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river Said we’re rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river I tell you we’re rollin’, we’re rollin’, we’re rollin’ on the river Yeah, alright, uh-huh
