You know Every now and then I think you might like to hear something from us Nice and easy But there's just one thing, you see We never ever do nothing nice and easy We always do it nice and rough But we're gonna take the beginning of this song And do it easy But then, we're gonna do the finish rough The way we do Proud Mary And we rollin' (ooh) Rollin' (ooh) Rollin' on the river (listen to the story) Left a good job in the city Workin' for the man every night and day And I never lost one minute of sleepin' I weren't worryin' 'bout the way that things might have been Big wheel, keep on turnin' Proud Mary, keep on burnin' And we're rollin' (rolling) (ooh) Rollin', yeah (rollin') (ooh) Rollin' on the river (rollin' on the river) Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis 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 Big wheel, keep on turnin' Proud Mary, keep on burnin' And we're rollin' (rollin') (ooh) Rollin', yeah (rollin') (ooh) Rollin' on the river (rollin' on the river) Said we're rollin' (rolling) (ooh) Rollin', yeah (rolling) (ooh) Rollin' on the river (rollin' on the river) Oh, 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' on the river Said we rollin', rollin' Rollin' on the river Alright Oh, I cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, y'all I pumped a lot of 'tane down in New Orleans But I never saw the good side of the city Till I hitched a ride on the Riverboat Queen Big wheel, keep on turnin' (turnin') Proud Mary, keep on burnin' (burnin') Rollin', rollin' Rollin' on the river I tell you that we rollin', rollin' Rollin' on the river Alright, yeah Ooh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah If you come down to the river I bet you gonna find some people who live You don't have to worry if you got no money People on the river are happy to give Big wheel keep on turnin' (turnin') Proud Mary keep on burnin' (burnin') Rollin', rollin' Rollin' on the river Rollin', rollin' Rollin' on the river Yeah, alright, uh-huh, wow Rollin', rollin' Rollin' on the river Rollin', rollin' Rollin' on the river Rollin', rollin' Rollin' on the river Rollin', rollin' Rollin' on the river Yeah, alright, uh-huh