[Intro: Tina Turner & Ike Turner]
Y'know, every now and then
I think you might like to hear something from us
Nice and easy
But there's just one thing (Left a good job down in the city)
You see we never ever do nothing
(Working for the man every night and day) Nice and easy
We always do it nice and rough (And I never lost one minute of sleeping)
(And I was worrying 'bout the way that things might have been) And we're going to take the beginning of this song
And do it easy (Big wheel keep on turning)
But then we're gonna do the finish, rough (Proud Mary keep on burning)
This is the way we do "Proud Mary'"
And we're rolling, rolling, rolling on the river (Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh)
Listen to the story

[Verse 1: Ike Turner & Tina Turner]
Left a good job down in the city
Working for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleeping
And I was worrying 'bout the way that things might have been

[Chorus: Tina Turner, Ike Turner, Both]
Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
And we're rolling (Rolling)
Rolling, yeah (Rolling)
Rolling on the river (Rolling on the river)
[Verse 2: Tina Turner, Ike Turner, Both]
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 riverboat queen

[Chorus: Ike Turner, Tina Turner, & Both]
Ya know the big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
And we're rolling (Rolling)
Rolling, yeah (Rolling)
Rolling on the river (Rolling on the river)
Said we're rolling (Rolling)
Rolling, yeah (Rolling)
Rolling on the river (Rolling on the river)

[Verse 3: Tina Turner]
Oh, I left a good job in the city
Working for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleeping
Worrying 'bout the way that things might have been

[Chorus: Tina Turner, The Ikettes, & Both]
Big wheel keep on turning (Turning)
Proud Mary keep on burning (Burning)
Rolling, rolling
Rolling on the river
Say we're rolling, rolling
Rolling on the river
[Post-Chorus: Tina Turner, Tina Turner & The Ikettes]
River, do-do, do-do, do-do, do-do, do-do
Alright!

[Verse 4: Tina Turner]
Oh, 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

[Chorus: Tina Turner, The Ikettes, Both]
Big wheel keep on turning (Turning)
Proud Mary keep on burning (Burning)
Rolling, said we're rolling, yeah
Rolling on the river
I tell ya, we're rolling, rolling
Rolling on the river

[Post-Chorus: Tina Turner, Tina Turner & The Ikettes]
River, do-do, do-do, do-do, do-do, do-do
Alright!
Yeah
Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Woo, yeah

[Verse 5: Tina Turner]
If you come down to the river
I bet you 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
[Chorus: Tina Turner, The Ikettes, Both]
Big wheel keep on turning (Turning)
Proud Mary keep on burning (Burning)
Rolling, say we rolling, yeah
And we're rolling on the river
Tell me one more time, rolling, yeah, rolling, alright
Rolling on the river, ooh yeah

[Post-Chorus: Tina Turner, Tina Turner & The Ikettes]
River, do-do, do-do, do-do, do-do, do-do
Yeah, alright!
Uh-huh
Woo

[Outro: Tina Turner & The Ikettes]
Rolling, rolling, yeah
Rolling on the river (Well, alright now)
Rolling, yeah, rolling
Rolling on the river
Said we're rolling, rolling, yeah (Ooh, yeah)
Rolling on the river
I'll tell ya, we're rolling, we're rolling
Rolling on the river