Summer Song #24... Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay

Sittin' in the mornin' sun

I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come

Watching the ships roll in

& then I watch 'em roll away again

I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay

Watching the tide roll away

I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay

Wastin' time

I left my home in Georgia

Headed for the 'Frisco bay

'Cause I've had nothing to live for

& look like nothin's gonna come my way

So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay

Watching the tide roll away

I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay

Wastin' time

Look like nothing's gonna change

Everything still remains the same

I can't do what 10 people tell me to do

So I guess I'll remain the same

Sittin' here resting my bones

& this loneliness won't leave me alone

It's 2000 miles I roamed

Just to make this dock my home

Now, I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the bay

Watching the tide roll away

sittin' on the dock of the bay

Wastin' time

Otis Redding

1967