Left a good job in the city    workin' for the man ev'ry night and day  and I never lost one minute of sleepin'  worryin' 'bout the way things might have been.    Big wheels keep on turnin'    Proud mary keep on burnin'    rollin'  rollin'  rollin' on the river.    Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis    pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans    but I never saw the good side of the city  until I hitched a ride on a roverboat queen.    Big wheels ...    If you come down to the river    bet you gonna find some people who live.  You don't have to worry 'cause you have no money    people on the river are happy to give.    Big wheels ...    Rollin'  Rollin'  Rollin' on the river.  Rollin'  Rollin'  Rollin' on the river.  Rollin'  Rollin'  Rollin' on the river.