BRENDA LEE lyrics - Proud Mary

(J. C. Fogerty)



Left a good job in the city

Working for the man both night and day

But I never lost a minute of sleep

Worrying 'bout the way things might have been



Big wheel, keep on turning

Proud Mary, keep on burning

Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river



Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis

I said I pumped a lot of tan in New Orleans

But I never saw the good side of a city

Till I hitched a ride on a riverboat queen



I said you know that I'm rolling, rolling

You know that I'm rolling' on the river



Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river

If you come down to the city

Bet you gonna find some people who live

You don't have to live if you ain't got no money

People on the river that know how to give



You know I said that I'm rolling, rolling

I'm rolling on the river

I gotta keep on turning, burning, rolling down the river...