[Verse 1]
             
        Sittin

              
' in the morni

   
n' sun,
              
        I'll b

             
e sittin' when

          
 the evenin' c

omes.
             
        Watchi

              
ng the ships r

    
oll in,
              
        then I

             
 watch 'em rol

     
l away again, 

yeah.

[Chorus]
             
        I'm si

              
ttin' on the d

           
ock of the bay

,
              
        watchi

             
ng the tide ro

    
ll away.
              
        Oo, I'

             
m just sittin'

              
 on the dock o

      
f the bay,
              
        wastin

       
' time.

[Verse 2]
             
        I left

              
 my home in Ge

   
orgia,
             
        headed

              
 for the 'Fris

  
co Bay.
             
        I have

              
 nothing to li

   
ve for,
             
        it loo

              
k like nothin'

  
s gonna come m

y way.

[Chorus]
             
        I'm si

              
ttin' on the d

           
ock of the bay

,
              
        watchi

             
ng the tide ro

    
ll away.
              
        Oo, I'

             
m just sittin'

              
 on the dock o

      
f the bay,
              
        wastin

       
' time.

[Bridge]
            
        Look l

       
ike nothing's 

gonna change.
            
        Ev'ryt

 
hing still rem

ains the same.
            
        I can'

             
t do what ten 

            
people tell me

 to do,
             
        so I g

            
uess I'll rema

in the same, y

es.

[Verse 3]
             
        I'm si

              
ttin' here res

   
tin' my bones,
             
        and th

              
is loneliness 

  
won't leave me

 alone, yes.
             
        Two th

              
ousand miles I

 
 roamed
             
        just t

              
o make this-a 

     
dock my home..

[Chorus]
              
        Now I'

             
m just gonna s

              
it on the dock

        
 of the bay,
              
        watchi

             
ng the tide ro

    
ll away.
              
        Oo, I'

             
m just sittin'

              
 on the dock o

      
f the bay,
              
        wastin

       
' time.

[Outro]