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

chorus-
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm just 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
Feels like nothin's gonna come my way

chorus-
So I just sit on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

bridge-
Look like nothing's gonna change
Everything still remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same, yes

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

chorus-
Now, I'm just sit at the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo,I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

Whistle! if you can't whistle, just try to whistle!

repeat chorus-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nA18g_PwG0
could not find a live otis version, so here is the studio recording.


Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird fly Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night


Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free.

Blackbird fly Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night

Into the light of the dark black night

Slow tempo-

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDxfjUEBT9I&feature=related