(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding  Lyrics

November 18, 2008

Album: The Dock of the Bay
Genre: Memphis Soul
Writer: Otis Reding, Steve Cropper
Released: January, 1968

It was a number one hit one US Billboard Hot 100 and US Billboard Black Singles. The song was released on January 8, 1968. (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay is a single with a different style from most of the Redding’s songs. It won two Grammy Awards as Best R&B Song and Best Male R&B Performance. The song was released days after that the band were killed when the Beenchcraft plane crashed into Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin, and it was recorded only three days before his death. The album was ranked on the position #161 into the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2003.



The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding


Sitting in the morning sun
I’ll be sitting when the evening comes
Watching the ships roll in
And I watch ‘em roll away again

Sitting on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
I’m just sitting on the dock of the bay
Wasting time

I left my home in Georgia
Headed for the ‘Frisco bay
‘Cause I had nothin to live for
And look like nothing’s gonna come my way

So I’m just…
Sitting on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
I’m just sitting on the dock of the bay
Wasting 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

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…
So I’m just…
Sitting on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
I’m just sitting on the dock of the bay
Wasting time








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