Left a good job in the city
Workin for the man every night and day
Haven`t ever lost one minute of sleeping
And I was worried about the way the things might have been

A big wheel keeps on turnin
Proud Mary keeps on burnin
And we're rollin (rollin) rollin (rollin)
Rollin on a river (rollin on a river)
Rollin (rollin) rollin (rollin) 
Rollin on a river (rollin on a river)

Left a good job in the city
Workin` for the man every night and day
Haven`t ever lost one minute of sleeping
And I was worried about the way things might have been

A big wheel keeps on turnin
Proud Mary keeps on burnin 
And we're rollin (rollin) rollin (rollin)
Rollin on a river 
Rollin (rollin) rollin (rollin) 
Rollin on a 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
Till I hitched a ride on a riverboat queen

Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
And we're rollin (rollin) rollin (rollin)
Rollin on the river
Rollin (rollin) rollin (rollin)
Rollin on a river

And we're rollin (rollin) rollin (rollin)
Rollin on a river
Rollin (rollin) rollin (rollin)
Rollin on a river

A big wheel keeps on turnin
Proud Mary keeps on burnin 
And we’re rollin (rollin) rollin (rollin)
Rollin on a river
Rollin (rollin) rollin (rollin) 
Rollin on a river
A big wheel keeps on turnin
Proud Mary keeps on burnin 
Rollin (rollin) rollin (rollin)
Rollin on a river
Rollin (rollin) rollin (rollin)
Rollin on a river
Rollin (rollin) rollin (rollin)
Rollin on a river