(SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY
(Otis Redding / Steve Cropper)

Otis Redding - 1967
The Foundations - 1968
Golden Gate Quartet - 1968
T. Rex - 1975
Ted Hawkins - 1985
Michael Bolton - 1988
Dennis Brown - 1992
WhoRidas - 1999
Paul Bollenback - 1999
Beki Bondage - 2000
Also recorded by: T. Graham Brown; Amanda McBroom; Pete Lancaster; Tom Jones; Mayorga Lincoln; 
Flynn, Patti & Jamstone; Giant Sand.


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)