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Left a good job in the city |
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Working for the man ev'ry night and day |
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Then I never lost a minute of sleep |
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When worrying 'bout the way that things might have been |
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Big wheels keep on turning |
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Proud Mary keeps on burning |
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Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river |
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Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis |
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Pumped a lot of 'tane down in New Orleans |
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But I never saw the good side of the city |
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'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen |
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Big wheels keep on turning |
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Proud Mary keeps on burning |
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Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river |
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If you come down to the river |
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Betcha gonna find the people who live |
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You don't have to worry though you have no money |
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People on the river are happy to give |
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Big wheels keep on turning |
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Proud Mary keeps on burning |
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Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river |