You know every now and then
I think you might like to hear something from us nice and easy
but there's just one thing you see
we never ever do nothing nice and easy
we always do it nice and rough
so we're gonna take the beginning of this song and do it easy
and then we're gonna do the finish rough
this is the way we do "Proud Mary"

Rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river
listen to the story now

Left a good job in the city
working for the man every night and day
and I never lost one minute of sleeping
I was worrying 'bout the way things might have been

Big wheel keep on turning
ooh the Proud Mary keep on burning
and we're rollin' rollin' yea rollin' on the river

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
and I pumped a lot of tane down in New Orleans
but I never saw the good side of the city
until I hicked a ride on the riverboat queen

Big wheel keep on turning
ooh the Proud Mary keep on burning
and we're rollin' rollin' yea rollin' on the river
said we're rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river

Oh I 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
rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river
rollin' said we're rollin' rollin' on the river

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis y'all
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 the riverboat queen

Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river
said we're rollin' rollin' rollin' on the riverboat

If you come down to the river
I bet you gonna find some people who live
you don't have to worry if you got no money
the people on the river are happy to give

Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
rollin' said we're rollin' rollin' on the river
rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river

Ooh alright yea yea yea
alright alright now now

Rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river
rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river
rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river
rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river