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1 hour ago, BringBackFergy said:
"Proud Mary" - Tina Turner  (The story goes, Tina and Ike were stoned out of their skulls and wrote this song. It may not be obvious, but it's all about rolling on the river of marijuana.)
 
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, easy
We always do it nice and rough
So we're gonna take the beginning of this song
And do it easy
But then we're gonna do the finish rough
This is the way we do "Proud Mary"
And we're rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
Listen to the story
I left a good job in the city
Working for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleeping
I was worrying 'bout the way the things might've been
You know that big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
And we're rolling, rolling, rolling yeah
Rolling on the river (the river)
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis  (munchies)
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 a riverboat queen
You know that big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
And we're rolling, rolling, rolling yeah (rolling)
Rolling on the river
Say we're rolling (rolling) rolling yeah
Rolling on the river
The river
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 about the way the things might've been
Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
Say we're rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
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
Until I hitched a ride on a riverboat queen
Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
And we're rolling, tell you rolling, we're rolling on the river
I tell you we're rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
If you come down to the river
I bet you gonna 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 (People in vans down by the river)
Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
And we're rolling, tell you rolling, we're rolling on the river
Tell you we have no time (rolling, rolling, rolling on the river)
(Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river)
Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river)
Tell you we're rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
I tell you we're rolling, rolling, rolling on the river)

This.

Posted
6 hours ago, BringBackFergy said:
"Proud Mary" - Tina Turner  (The story goes, Tina and Ike were stoned out of their skulls and wrote this song. It may not be obvious, but it's all about rolling on the river of marijuana.)
 

              The song was written by Jon Fogerty several years before Ike and Tina recorded it.  I saw an interview of Fogerty with Dan Rather where he talks about writing the song.  If you get cable, look for the AXS channel, as they replay interviews.  It is channel 299 on Spectrum in Syracuse.

              Here is a link that is also interesting.  It explains Ike and TIna's take on the song.

 

             https://www.songfacts.com/facts/creedence-clearwater-revival/proud-mary

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