Spoken...

you know

every now and then

I think you might like

to hear somethin' from us

nice and easy

There's just one thing

you see, we never

ever do nothin'

nice, easy

we always do it

nice and rough

And we're gonna take

the beginnin' of this song

and do it easy

but then we're

gonna do the finish

rough

It's the way we do

proud Mary

sung...

and we're rollin'

rollin'

rollin' on the river

Spoken...

listen to the story

resume singing...

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

that things might have been

Big wheel keep on turnin'

proud Mary keep on burnin'

and we're rollin'

rollin', yeah

rollin' on the river

Cleaned a lot of

plates in Memphis

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 riverboat Queen

Big wheel keep on turnin'

proud Mary keep on burnin'

and we're rollin'

rollin', yeah

rollin' on the river

Say, we're rollin'

rollin', yeah

rollin' on the river

the river...

Well, I left a good

job in the city

workin' for the man

every night and day

And I never lost

a minute of sleepin'

worryin' 'bout the way

things might have been

Big wheel keep on turnin'

proud Mary keep on burnin'

rollin', rollin'

rollin' on the river

Say, we're rollin'

we're rollin'

rollin' on the river

the river, do, do, do

do, do, do, do

do, do, do, alright!

Aww, I 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

'til I hitched a ride

on the riverboat Queen

Big wheel keep on turnin'

proud Mary keep on burnin'

and we're rollin'

said we're rollin'

we're rollin' on the river

I tell you we're rollin'

rollin'

we're rollin' on the river

River, do, do, do

do, do, do, do

do, do, do

alright! Yeah!

Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah

yeah, yeah, yeah, woo!

If you come down

to the river

I bet you're gonna find

some people who live

And you don't have to worry

if you got no money

people on the river

are happy to give

Big wheel keep on turnin'

proud Mary keep on burnin'

and we're rollin'

said we're rollin'

and we're rollin' on the river

Tell me one more time

rollin', yeah

rollin', well, alright

rollin' on the river

ooh, yeah

River, do, do, do

do, do, do, do

do, do, do

yeah! Alright!

Uh-huh! Woo!

Rollin', yeah

rollin' on the river

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

We're rollin', yeah!

Rollin'

we're rollin' on the river

Said we're rollin', ooh!

Rollin', yeah!

Rollin' on the river

I tell you we're rollin'

we're rollin'

we're rollin' on the river

Yeah!

Alright!

Uh-huh!