Left a good job in the city   Working for the man ev'ry night and day   Then I never lost a minute of sleep   When worrying 'bout the way that things might have been      Big wheels keep on turning   Proud Mary keeps on burning   Rolling, rolling, rolling on the 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   'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen      Big wheels keep on turning   Proud Mary keeps on burning   Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river      If you come down to the river   Betcha gonna find the people who live   You don't have to worry though you have no money   People on the river are happy to give      Big wheels keep on turning   Proud Mary keeps on burning   Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river