{"id":5314,"date":"2014-06-23T10:22:08","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T10:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=5314"},"modified":"2020-03-30T14:49:31","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T14:49:31","slug":"sittin-on-the-dock-of-the-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=5314","title":{"rendered":"(Sittin&#8217; On The) Dock Of The Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PyxLaHmOaYM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-45568 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/OR_Sittin-On-The-Doc.jpg\" alt=\"OR_Sittin-On-The-Doc\" width=\"207\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/OR_Sittin-On-The-Doc.jpg 207w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/OR_Sittin-On-The-Doc-150x147.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;\u2192<\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Otis Redding<\/strong> wrote this song in 1967, while living on a houseboat in Sausalito on the San Francisco Bay.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">Otis recorded this song shortly before his tragic death. Steve Cropper finished production on the song after Otis&#8217; plane went down.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">Released posthumously, it was Otis&#8217; biggest hit, and still remains one of the most-inspired songs ever written.<\/address>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rTVjnBo96Ug\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address><strong>Sittin&#8217; in the mornin&#8217; sun &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>I&#8217;ll be sittin&#8217; when the evenin&#8217; come<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Watching the ships roll in &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>And then I watch &#8216;em roll away again, yeah<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Ooo, I&#8217;m sittin&#8217; on the dock of the bay &#8211; Watching the tide roll away<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Sittin&#8217; on the dock of the bay &#8211; Wastin&#8217; time<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>&nbsp;<\/address>\n<address><strong>I left my home in Georgia &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Headed for the &#8216;Frisco bay<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>&#8216;Cause I&#8217;ve had nothing to live for &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>And look like nothin&#8217;s gonna come my way<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>So I&#8217;m just gonna sit on the dock of the bay &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Watching the tide roll away<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Ooo, I&#8217;m sittin&#8217; on the dock of the bay &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Wastin&#8217; time<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>&nbsp;<\/address>\n<address><strong>Look like nothing&#8217;s gonna change &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Everything still remains the same<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I can&#8217;t do what ten people tell me to do &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>So I guess I&#8217;ll remain the same, yes<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Sittin&#8217; here resting my bones &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>And this loneliness won&#8217;t leave me alone<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>It&#8217;s two thousand miles I roamed &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Just to make this dock my home<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Now, I&#8217;m just gonna sit at the dock of the bay &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Watching the tide roll away<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Oooo-wee, sittin&#8217; on the dock of the bay &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Wastin&#8217; time<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>&nbsp;<\/address>\n<address>(\u2026whistle\u2026)&nbsp;<\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666 &nbsp;Playing for Change &nbsp;\u2193<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Es3Vsfzdr14\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">featuring . . . &nbsp;<strong>Roger Ridley, Grandpa Elliott, Blind Boy Paxton . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;\u2192<\/p>\n<p> Otis Redding wrote this song in 1967, while living on a houseboat in Sausalito on the San Francisco Bay. &nbsp; Otis recorded this song shortly before his tragic death. 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