(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay Lyrics
I'll be sittin' when the evening comes
watching the ships roll in
and then I watch them roll away again, yeah
watching the tide roll away
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
wasting time
headed for the Frisco Bay
because I've had nothin' to live for
and look like nothin's gonna come my way
watchin' the tide roll away
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
wasting time
Everything still remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
It's 2,000 miles I've roamed
Just to make this dock my home now
watchin' the tide roll away
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
wasting time
I believe this song is about being comfortable about where you are in your life at any given moment. He can't just be a follower anymore, instead he does what he wants to do - wastes time.
The song is actually about The Hippie Movement. When he was in San Francisco during the height of the movement. All he saw them doing was sitting on the dock down by the SF bay, getting high and wasting time.
The song is actually about The Hippie Movement. When he was in San Francisco during the height of the movement. All he saw them doing was sitting on the dock down by the SF bay, getting high and wasting time.
One of the Greatest songs composed
The song is about being down and out. The whistiling at the end was to fill the space that he didnt have lyrics for when he recorded it. He was going to go back and write words for it and rerecord it. Knowing that makes the song even more powerful. A depressing song that he couldn't even get properly finished.
Yes, that's accurate, the whistling was a placeholder. But it fits the mood of the song very well.
Yes, that's accurate, the whistling was a placeholder. But it fits the mood of the song very well.
this song makes me smile
this song speaks to my soul. and its funny that i was born the day he died. to otis: keep looking over that water. love ya
"i can't do what ten people tell me to do; so i guess i'll remain the same" it seems truer words have never been spoken
It's finding home after walking two thousand miles of unchanging roads built by other people.
It's advice supercedeing all others: "That really sucks Fro, but you just have to keep Fro'n along"
This song is me, my future, and everthing in between. Sooths me into sleep and keeps my feet when i am running away from everything.
If you can't tell it's my favorite song and I'm not sure what I would do if it wasn't in my head.
ah. Good song. What more needs said?
this is a classic otis tune! it so sad that he died before he could see it success! i gota find my own dock to sit on!
I have my own dock to sit on when I need to think, and this song always makes me think of it.