Lyrics to
Proud Mary

This version of Proud Mary was released by Elvis Presley in 1970.

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Left a good job in the city
Workin’ for the man every night and day
Haven’t ever lost one minute of sleeping
Worried about the way things might have been

Been a lot of places down in Memphis
I umped a lot of babes down in New Orleans
Had a lot of shots at good times in the city
Till I hitched a ride on a river bout queen

A big wheel keeps on turnin’
Proud Mary keeps on burnin’, rollin’, rollin’
Rollin’ on a river
Rollin, rollin, rollin on a river

If you come down to the river
I betcha you’re gonna find some people who live
You don’t have to worry
‘Cause you have no money
People along the river are happy to give

I said a big wheel keeps on turnin’
Proud Mary keeps on burnin’, rollin’, rollin’
Rollin’ on a river
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on a river

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About Lyrics and Proud Mary by Elvis Presley

The lyrics for Proud Mary are defined as the words making up the song released by Elvis Presley in 1970. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Proud Mary have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Elvis Presley and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Proud Mary by Elvis Presley if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Proud Mary" means the words set to the music of Proud Mary, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Elvis Presley. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Proud Mary and the lyrics to Proud Mary are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Elvis Presley who came here looking just for the lyrics to Proud Mary, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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