(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay

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Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay

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

Sittin' 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 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


Beautiful & timeless song by Otis Redding.

This song happened to play on my iTunes shuffle while I was laying in bed this morning, not wanting to face the day. The first few seconds of the tune immediately caught my attention. I laid stiff in my bed, which so messy that my blanket was taking up arms defending itself from my dirty clothes, staring at the ceiling, and listening. Otis Redding slapped me in the face with the lyrics of this tune, because it perfectly describes how I've been feelin' for the past few weeks.


Thanks Mr. Redding.

(This song was written and recorded by Otis Redding, 3 days before his death in a plane crash in 1967.)