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 Riverboat 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' Rollin' on the river Rollin', rollin' Rollin' on the river Rollin', rollin' Rollin' on the river Rollin', rollin' Rollin' on the river
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 Riverboat 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' Rollin' on the river Rollin', rollin' Rollin' on the river Rollin', rollin' Rollin' on the river Rollin', rollin' Rollin' on the river
A canção “Proud Mary” foi escrita por John Fogerty e gravada pela primeira vez pelo Creed Creek em seu álbum de 1969, *Bayou Country*.
Na composição, Fogerty associou a frase “Proud Mary” a uma lavadeira doméstica, mas ao tocar os primeiros acordes imaginou uma roda de pás de barco no rio Mississippi, transformando a “ela” em um navio.
Lançada como single em janeiro de 1969, “Proud Mary” chegou ao número 2 nas paradas pop dos EUA, marcando o primeiro top‑ten da banda nos Estados Unidos.
O sucesso ficou conhecido por ser um dos cinco singles do Creed Creek que atingiram a segunda posição, estabelecendo o recorde de maior número de músicas no nº 2 sem jamais alcançar o nº 1.
Bob Dylan declarou que “Proud Mary” foi seu single favorito de 1969.
No Reino Unido, a canção alcançou a oitava posição nas paradas musicais.
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