Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes
Watching the ships roll in
And I'll watch 'em roll away again

Sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

I left my home in Georgia
Headed for the 'Frisco bay
I had nothing to live for
Looks like nothing's gonna come my way

Sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

Looks like nothing's gonna change
Everything remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same

Sittin' here resting my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
Two thousand miles I roamed
Just to make this dock my home

Sittin' on the the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time (oh, wastin' time)

Sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

(Sittin' on the dock of the bay)
Wastin' time

(Sittin' on the dock of the bay)
(Wastin' time)

(Sittin' on the dock of the bay)
(Wastin' time)