You loved that song too eh?
Yes I did!
“The Dock of the Bay” sounds like the complaint of a wharfinger, or wharf manager, who is frustrated at having to multitask and deal with multiple issues—state, federal and local regulations, the harbor administration, shippers, unions, environmentalists, and maybe even organized crime (”I can’t do what ten people tell me to”). Interestingly, the song was said to have been written on the dock of a bay, aboard a houseboat in Sausalito, Calif.