Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay

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Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay

(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 1968sittin' in the mornin' suni'll be sittin' when the evenin' comewatching the ships roll inand 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' timei left my home in georgiaheaded for the 'frisco bay'cause i've had nothing to live forand 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' timelook like nothing's gonna changeeverything still remains the samei can't do what ten people tell me to doso i guess i'll remain the same, yessittin' here resting my bonesand this loneliness won't leave me aloneit's two thousand miles i roamedjust 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)