The Dock Of The Bay -- Otis Redding

Sittin' in the mornin' sun  I'll be sittin' 'till the evening's done  Watchin' the ships roll in  
Then I watch 'em roll away again  Sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away  Sittin' on the dock of the bay  Wastin' time...

I left my home in Georgia  Headed for the Frisco Bay  I've got nothin' to live for
Looks like nothing's gonna come my way,yeah. Sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away  Sittin' on the dock of the bay  Wastin' time...
Looks like nothing's ever gonna change  Everything still remains the same
I can't do what ten people want me to  So I guess I'll remain the same,ohh

Sittin' here rolling my bones  This loneliness won't leave me alone
2,000 miles I've roamed  Just to make this dock my home,yeah...
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay  Watchin' the tide roll away
Sittin' on the dock of the bay   Wastin' time...

I left my home in Georgia  Headed for the Frisco Bay  Sittin' here restin' my bones
This loneliness won't leave me alone,yeah.  2,000 miles I've roamed
Just to make this dock my home,yeah  Sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away  Sittin' on the dock of the bay  Wastin' time.      (sing365)   


"Otis was one of those kind of guys who had 100 ideas.  'I watch the ships come in and I watch them roll away again.' I took that and finished the lyrics. If you listen to the songs I wrote with Otis, most of the lyrics are about him. He didn't usually write about himself, but I did.  'Dock Of The Bay' was exactly that: 'I left my home in Georgia, headed for the Frisco Bay' was all about him going out to San Francisco to perform."                   (songfacts) 




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