Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river This one's for you, Artie! Left a good job in the city Working for the man every night and day And I never lost one minute of sleep And I was worrying about the way that things might have been Big wheel keep on turning Ooh, the primary keep on burning And we're rolling, rolling, rolling, yeah Rolling, rolling on the river We're rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling Rolling on the river Rolling on the river So I left a good job in the city Working for the man every night and day And I never lost one minute of sleep And I was worrying about the way that things might have been Big wheel keep on turning Ooh, the primary keep on burning And we're rolling, rolling, rolling, yeah Rolling on the river Rolling, rolling, rolling, yeah Rolling on the river Oh, oh, yeah Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah Clean a lot of plates in Memphis, y'all Tossed a lot of taint down in New Orleans But I never saw the good side of the city Did I used to ride on the river for a queen? Big wheel keep on turning Primary keep on burning Rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling Rolling on the river Rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling Rolling on the river If you come down to the river You're gonna find some people there You don't have to worry if you have no money People on the river are happy to give Big wheel keep on turning Primary keep on burning Rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling Rolling on the river Rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling Rolling on the river If you come down to the river You're gonna find some people there You don't have to worry if you have no money People on the river are happy to give Big wheel keep on turning Primary keep on burning Rolling on the river Rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling Rolling on the river Yeah! Ha! Hey! Yeah!