♪ Looking for a job in the city
♪ Working for the man every night and day
♪ But I never wasted a minute of sleeping
♪ Worrying about the way things might have been
♪ Big wheel keep on turning
♪ Drive merry, keep on burning
♪ Rolling,
rolling,
rolling on the river
♪ Rolling,
rolling,
rolling on the river
♪ Seen a lot of places in Memphis
♪ Hunted a lot of playing down in New Orleans
♪ But I never saw a good side of a city
♪ Till I hitched a ride on the riverboat
queen ♪ Big wheel keep on turning
♪ Drive merry, keep on burning
♪ Rolling,
rolling,
rolling on the river
♪ Rolling,
rolling,
rolling on the river
♪ If you go down to the river
♪ That you can find the people who live
♪ Don't have to worry if you ain't got no money ♪ People on the
river are happy to give ♪ Big wheel keep on turning ♪ Drive merry,
keep on burning ♪ Rolling,
rolling,
rolling on the river ♪ Rolling,
rolling,
rolling on the river