Words and Music by Irwin LEVINE and [bad word] BROWN
 [bad word]  home; I've done my time.
Now I've got to know what is and isn't mine,
If you receive my letter, tellin' you I'd soon be free,
Then you'll know just what to do if you still want me,
If you still want me.

Tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree;
It's been three long years, do ya still want me?
If I don't see a ribbon ,round the ole oak tree,
I'll stay on the bus, forget about us, put the blame on me,
If I don't see a ribbon `round the ole oak tree.

Bus driver, please, look for me,
`Cause I couldn't bear to see what I might see.
I'm really still in prison, and my love she holds the key,
simple yellow ribbon's what I need to set me free.
I wrote and told her, please,

Tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree;
It's been three long years, do ya still want me?
If I don't see a ribbon round the ole oak tree,
I'll stay on the bus, forget about us; put the blame on me,
If I don't see a ribbon Round the ole oak tree.

Now, the whole [bad word] bus is cheering, and I can't believe I see
hundred yellow ribbons Round the ole oak tree.