Michael Bolton Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Lyrics

Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Lyrics

(SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY
- written by Otis Redding and Steve
Cropper
- lyrics as recorded by Otis Redding December 7, 1967, just
three
days before his death in a plane crash outside Madison, Wisconsin
-
#1 for 4 weeks in 1968

Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when
the evenin' come
Watching the ships roll in
And then I watch 'em roll away
again, yeah

I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll
away
Ooo, 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
And 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
Ooo,
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 ten people
tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same, yes

Sittin' 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
gonna sit at the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Oooo-wee,
sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

(whistle)