Big wheel keep on turning,
Proud Mary keep on burning,
Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river.
Les paroles, à la première personne du singulier, évoquent le dur travail de plongeuse dans les villes de Memphis et de La Nouvelle-Orléans, la fierté d'y échapper en prenant un bateau descendant le Mississippi, enfin la solidarité et le sens du partage des gens vivant le long de la rivière.
Proud Mary, également connue sous le nom Rolling on a River, est une chanson rock de Creedence Clearwater Revival influencée par les sonorités du bayou, écrite par le chanteur-compositeur et multi-instrumentiste John Fogerty.
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.
(Refrain)
Big wheel keep on turning,
Proud Mary keep on burning,
Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river.
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis,
Pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans,
But I never saw the good side of the city,
Until I hitched a ride on a river boat queen.
Rolling, rolling, rolling 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.
(refrain)
Big wheel keep on turning,
Proud Mary keep on burning,
Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river.
Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river.
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