spoken tina
you know every now and then
i think you might like to hear something from us
nice and easy but there’s just one thing
you see we never ever do nothing nice and easy
we always do it nice and rough
so we’re going to take the beginning of this song
and do it easy
then we’re going to do the finish rough
this is the way we do ‘proud mary’
ike
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 that things might have been
ike tina tina ike
big wheel keep on turning
proud mary keep on burning
and we’re rolling rolling
rolling on the river
listen to the story
ike tina
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 that things might have been
ike tina tina ike
big wheel keep on turning
proud mary keep on burning
and we’re rolling rolling
rolling yeah
rolling
rolling on the river
rolling on the river
ike tina tina ike
cleaned a lot of plates in memphis
ya know i pumped a lot of ‘tane down in new orleans
but i never saw the good side of the city
until i hitched a ride on the riverboat queen
ike tina tina ike
ya know the big wheel keep on turning
proud mary keep on burning
and we’re rolling rolling
rolling yeah rolling
rolling on the river rolling on the river
said we’re rolling rolling
rolling yeah rolling
rolling on the river rolling on the river
tina
oh i 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 that things might have been
tina female both
big wheel keep on turning turning
proud mary keep on burning burning
rolling rolling rolling on the river
we’re rolling rolling rolling on the river
post tina tina female
we’re up
do do do do do do do do do do
alright
tina
oh i cleaned a lot of plates in memphis
and i pumped a lot of ‘tane down in new orleans
but i never saw the good side of the city
’til i hitched a ride on the riverboat queen
tina female both
big wheel keep on turning turning
proud mary keep on burning burning
we’re rolling said we’re rolling we’re rolling on the river
i’ll tell ya we’re rolling rolling rolling on the river
post tina tina female
we’re up
do do do do do do do do do do
alright
yeah
ooo yeah yeah yeah yeah
ooo
tina turner
if you come down to the river
i bet you going to find some people who live
and you don’t have to worry if you got no money
people on the river are happy to give
tina female both
big wheel keep on turning turning
proud mary keep on burning burning
and we’re rolling and we’re rolling and we’re rolling on the river
tell me one more time rolling yeah
rolling rolling on the river all right ooo yeah
post tina tina female
we’re up
do do do do do do do do do do
yeah
alright
uhhuh
wooo
ohh
tina female both
rolling rolling yeahrolling on the river all right now
rolling yeah rolling rolling on the river
said we’re rolling oh rolling yeah rolling on the river
i’ll tell ya we’re rolling rolling rolling on the river
yeah
alright
uhhuh
Artist: Ike Tina Turner
Year: 1971
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 375