left that good job down in the city  work'in for the man evry night,day  and i never lost one mintue of sleep  cuz i was worry bout the wayz things might of been    big wheels keep on turn'in  and the proud mary keep on burrn'in  and we roll'in, roll'in on the river    clean alot of plates in mephmis  pimp alot of taned down in new orleans  but i never saw the good side of the city  untiled i hitched the ride of the riverboat queen    if you come down to the river  i bet yuo gonna find some people who live  yuo don't got to worry, if you got no money  people on the river are happy to give    these lyrics are submitted by kadijah purnell