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 a-keep on turnin' Proud Mary keep on burnin' Roll - in' 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 till I hitched a ride on a river boat queen. Big wheel a-keep on turnin  Proud  Mary keep on burnin' roll - in rollin rollin on the river. roll - in rollin rollin on the river. if you come down to the river bet you're 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 wheel keep on turnin Proud  Mary keep on burnin roll - in  rollin  rollin on the river