sittin in the morning sun i ll be sittin when the evening comes watchin the ships roll in and i watch em roll away again sittin on the dock of the bay watchin the tide roll away sittin on the dock of the bay wastin my time left my home in georgia headed for the frisco bay i have nothing to live for look like nothing s gonna come my way so i m gonna sit by the dock of the bay watchin the tide roll away sittin on the dock of the bay wastin my time looks like nothing s gonna change everything is still the same i can t do what ten people tell me to i guess i ll remain the same sittin here resting my bones and this loneliness won t leave me alone ha ten thousand miles i roam just to make this dock my home oh i m sittin on the dock of the bay watchin the tide roll away sittin by the dock of the bay wastin time  sittin on the dock of the bay watchin the tide roll away sittin by the dock of the bay watchin all the tide roll away