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I know a lot of you folks |
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Would like to know what |
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The old Proud Mary is all about |
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Well, I'd like to tell you about her |
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She's nothing but a big old boat |
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You see, my forefathers |
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Used to ride the bottoms of her |
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As stokers, cooks, and waiters |
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And I made a vow that when I grew up |
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I'd take a ride on the old Proud Mary |
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And if you'd let me |
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I'd like to sing about it |
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Looking for a job in the city |
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Working for the man |
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Every night and day |
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And I never lost |
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One minute of sleep |
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Worrying about the way |
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Things might have been |
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Big wheels keep on turning |
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Proud Mary keep on burning |
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Y'all just rolling, rolling |
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Rolling on the river |
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Been a lotta places like Memphis |
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And I had a lot of fun |
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Down in New Orleans |
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And I never saw |
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The good side of the city |
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Til I took the ride |
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On a river boat queen |
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Big wheel keep on turning and |
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Old Proud Mary keeps on burning |
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Y'all just rolling, rolling |
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Rolling on the river |
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Can't you see I'm now |
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Just rolling, rolling |
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Rolling on the river |
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If you come down to the river |
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Bet you gonna find |
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The people who live |
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You don't have to worry |
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If you don't have no money |
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People on the river |
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Are happy and funny |
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Big wheels just keeps on turning |
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And the Proud Mary |
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Keeps on burning, burning |
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Rolling, rolling, y'all just |
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Rolling down the river |
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Come on, y'all |
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Look at her just rolling |
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Kind of easy like |
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I know some of you never seen |
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A big boat like the Proud Mary |
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But I just want you to imagine |
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In your mind that we're standing |
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All down by the dock of the bay |
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And here we go, here she comes |
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Clear in view, watch her now |
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Everybody, rolling, rolling |
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Rolling down the river |
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I just want you to help me |
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Just rolling, ooh... |