(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay

(album: Street Machine - 1979)

Sitting in the morning sun
I'll be sitting when the evening comes
Watching the ships come in
And I watch 'em sail away again

Sitting on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
I'm sitting on the dock of the bay wasting time

I left my home in Georgia
For the San Francisco bay
I felt I had nothing to live for
But I know something's gonna come my way

So I'll just sit here on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Sitting on the dock of the bay wasting time

Yeah, and it looks 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, yeah

Sitting here resting my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
I'm too tired for having fun
So I'll be sitting when the evening comes

Sitting on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooh, sitting on the dock of the bay wasting time

Oh, where were you, baby?
Nothing's gonna change
Yeah, I'm sitting on the dock of the bay
Everything's the same

Nothing, no, no, nothin's gonna change, baby
I ain't gonna change
I'm just gonna sit here
Sit, sit, sitting on the dock of the bay