Left a good job in the city
Working for the man every night and day
And I never lost my meal on sleeping
Warned by the way things might have been
Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
Seen a lot of place in Memphis
Pump a lot of pain down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
Till I hit you right
All the way down to New Orleans

On the river, boy, the queen
Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
Seen a lot of place in Memphis
See the lullaby place in Memphis
Humble lullaby down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
Till I hit you right on the riverboat queen
Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
If you come down to the river
Bet you wanna find some people who live
You don't have to worry if you have no money
People on the river
Happy to give
I say big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
That's
Big Wheel Keep On Burning
you