(Talking) You know, every now and then I think you wanna hear Somethin from us, nice and easy Its just one thing you see, We never, ever do nothin nice and easy We always do it nice and rough But we're gonna take the beginning of this song and do it easy And then we're gonna do the finish rough The way we do Proud Mary Listen to the story now Left a good job in the city Workin' for the man every night and day I never lost one minute of sleep Worryin' about the way things might have been Big wheels Keep on turnin Proud Mary keeps on burnin' And we're rollin' Rollin, rollin on the river Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, And 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 river boat Queen Big wheels keep on turnin Proud Mary keeps on burnin' And we're rollin' Rollin, rollin on the river Left a good job in the city Workin' for the man every night and day I never lost one minute of sleep Worryin' about the way things might have been Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, And 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 river boat Queen If you come down to the river I betcha you're gonna find some people who live You don't have to worry If you got no money The people on the river are happy to give I said a big wheel keeps on turnin' Proud Mary keeps on burnin', rollin', rollin' Rollin' on a river Rollin', rollin' on a river