Otis Redding's "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay"

Today I had Otis Redding's "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay" playing in my head. I really love this song. I discovered that if I put it in Pandora as the song and artist to create my own station a really nice mix of Motown plus came out. Seriously, give it a try.

Meanwhile, here is the link to Otis Redding singing "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzrXc68gNjQ

(SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY
written by Otis Redding and Steve Cropper

These are the lyrics as recorded by Otis Redding December 7, 1967, just three days before his death in a plane crash outside Madison, Wisconsin.
This song was #1 for 4 weeks in 1968 and has been covered by such varied groups and singers as Pearl Jam, Michael Bolton, Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, Sammy Hagar, and Sara Bareilles.


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