And we're rolling, rolling, rolling on the river Listen to the story
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 that things might have been
Big wheel keep on turning Proud Mary keep on burning And we're rolling, rolling Rolling on the river
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis I pumped a lot of tane down in New Orleans But I never saw the good side of the city Until I hitched a ride on the riverboat queen