Watchin' the ships a -rollin'
And I watch them roll away
you're sitting on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide go away
Oh, you're sitting on the
I left my home in Georgia
Headed for the Prince Corbett,
y 'all I had nothin' to live for
Looked like nothin' gonna come my way
So I'm just sittin' on the
Watchin' the tide go away, ooh y 'all
Sittin' on the dock of the bay
Everything will remain the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same
Sitting here resting my bones
Oh, this loneliness won't
Two thousand miles I roam
Just to make this dock my home
Girl, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away
Nothing like nothing gonna change me
Everything here remains the same
I can do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same
Sitting here resting my bone
Oh, this loneliness won't
Two thousand miles I roam
Just to make this dog my own
Just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide go away
Ooh Lord, sittin' on the dock of the bay
