Watching the tide roll away
Ooh, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time"
(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay was Otis Redding's final hit song before his passing in a plane crash. The song was written at a time where Redding was living in Sausalito on a rented houseboat, and local residents witnessed him walking to the dock.
https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/sausalito-otis-redding-dock-of-the-bay-houseboats-16226061.php