Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
This one's for you, Artie
Left a good job in the city /In the city/
Workin' for The Man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
I was worryin' 'bout the way the things might have been
Big wheel keep on turnin'
Ooh, the Proud Mary keep on burnin'
And we'll rollin' /Rollin'/ /Oohhh/
Rolling, yeah /Rollin' /Oohhh/
Rolling on the river /Rollin' on the river/
Said, we're rollin' /Rollin'/ /Oohhh/
Rollin' /Rollin'/ /Oohhh/
Rollin' on the river /Rollin' on the river/
So I left a good job in the city
Workin' for The Man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been
Big wheel keep on turnin' /Turnin'/
Proud Mary keep on burnin' /Burnin'/
Rollin' /Rollin'/
Rollin' /Yeah/
Rollin' on the river /Rollin' on the river/
Rollin' /Rollin'/
Rollin' /Yeah/
Rollin' on the river
Doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo
Pa-ra-pa, yeah
Pa-ra-pa, yeah /Ahhhhhhh/
Pa-ra-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-ra-ra, yeah
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis y'all /Memphis y'all/
Pumped a lot of 'tane down in New Orleans /New Orleans/
But I never saw the good side of the city
'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen
Big wheel keep on turnin' /Turnin'/
Proud Mary keep on burnin' /Burnin'/
Rollin' /Rollin'/
Rollin' /Rollin'/
Rollin' on the river /Rollin' on the river/
Rollin' /Yeah/
Rollin' /Rollin'/
Rollin' on the river /Rollin' on the river/
Doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo
Pa-ra-pa, yeah
Pa-ra-pa, yeah
Pa-ra-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-ra-ra, yeah
If you come down to the river /Doo-doo-doo-doo/
Bet you gonna find some people who live /Doo-doo-doo-doo/
You don't have to worry if you have no money
People on the river are happy to give
Big wheel keep on turnin' /Turnin'/ /Oh yeah/
Proud Mary keep on burnin' /Burnin'/
Rollin'
Rollin' /Rollin'/
Rollin' on the river /Rollin' on the river/
Rollin'
Rollin' /Yeah/
Rollin' on the river /Rollin' on the river/ /Ahhhhhhh/
Doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo
Pa-ra-pa, yeah
Pa-ra-pa, yeah
Pa-ra-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-ra-ra, yeah /Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ow/
Rollin' /Rollin'/
Rollin' /Rollin'/
Rollin' on the river /Rollin' on the river/
Rollin' /Rollin'/
Rollin' /Yeah/
Rollin' on the river /Rollin' on the river/
Pa-ra-pa, yeah
Pa-ra-pa, yeah
Pa-ra-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-ra-ra
Yeah /Heeeeey/ /River/ /Yeaaah/