Sitting on the dock of the bay lyrics
by Otis Redding



Sitting in the morning sun
I'll be sitting when the evening comes
Watching the ships roll in
And I watch 'em roll away again, yeah

I'm sitting on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away, oooh
I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay
Wasting time

I left my home in Georgia
Headed for the 'Frisco bay
'Cause I had nothing to live for
And look like nothing's gonna come my way

So I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay
Wasting time

Look like nothing's gonna change
Everything still remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same

Sitting here resting my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
It's two thousand miles I roamed
Just to make this dock my home

Now, I'm just sitting at the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away, oooh
I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay
Wasting time


Corrected by Mark Coutinho.