Proud Mary

Lyrics

[Intro: Tina Turner, Ike Turner, Both] Y'know, every now and then I think you might like to hear something from us Nice and easy Left a good job down in the city But there's just one thing You see, we never, ever do nothing Working for the man every night and day Nice and easy Well, I never lost one minute of sleeping We always do it nice and rough Worrying 'bout the way that things might've been So we're going to take the beginning of this song And do it easy Big wheel, keep on turning But then we're going to do the finish rough Proud Mary, keep on burning This is the way we do "Proud Mary" And we're rolling, ooh Rolling, ooh Rolling on the river Listen to the story [Verse 1: Ike Turner & Tina Turner, Ike 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 I was worrying 'bout the way that things might have been [Chorus: Tina Turner, Ike Turner, Both] You know that 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 You know 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: Tina Turner, Ike Turner, Both] You 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 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 We're 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] 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) And we're rolling Said we're rolling We're rolling on the river I tell you, we're rolling Rolling We're 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 Oooh [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) And we're rolling Said we're rolling Yeah, we're rolling on the river Tell me one more time (Rolling) Yeah (Rolling) Alright (Rolling on the river) Whoo, yeah [Post-Chorus: Tina Turner, Tina Turner & The Ikettes] River, do do do do do do do do do do Yeah Alright Uh-huh Wooo Ohh [Outro: Tina Turner & The Ikettes] Rolling, rolling, yeah Rolling on the river We're rolling, yeah, rolling We're rolling on the river Said we're rolling, rolling, yeah Rolling on the river I tell you, we're rolling, we're rolling We're rolling on the river Yeah Alright Huh