Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary Lyrics

Creedence Clearwater Revival Lyrics

"Proud Mary"

Left a good job in the city
Workin' for the man ev'ry night and day
And I never lost one 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

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Pumped a lot of 'pane down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen

Big wheel keep on turnin'
Proud Mary keep on burnin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

If you come down to the river
Bet you gonna find some people who live
You don't have to worry 'cause you have no money
People on the river are happy to give

Big wheel keep on turnin'
Proud Mary keep on burnin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

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Writer(s): John Cameron Fogerty

In a 1969 interview, John Fogerty said that he wrote this song two days after he was discharged from the National Guard.

Joel Selvin explained in the liner notes for the 2008 expanded reissue of the album that John Fogerty wrote the riff for "Proud Mary" when he was in the National Guard and that the song was arranged from parts of different songs, one of which was about a washerwoman named Mary.

Leonard Nimoy made a cover of this song for his album "The New World of Leonard Nimoy" (1970).

Ike & Tina Turner covered "Proud Mary" for their album "Workin' Together" (1971).

album: "Bayou Country" (1969)

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"Proud Mary" lyrics

Creedence Clearwater Revival Lyrics