#3359

Release: February 19, 1973

Lyrics:

I′m coming home, I've done my time

Now I′ve got to know what is and isn't mine

If you received my letter telling you I'd soon be free

Then you′ll know just what to do if you still want me

If you still want me

Woah, tie a yellow ribbon ′round the old oak tree

It's been three long years, do you still want me? (Still want me)

If I don′t see a ribbon 'round the old oak tree

I′ll stay on the bus, forget about us, put the blame on me

If I don't see a yellow ribbon ′round the old 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

A simple yellow ribbon′s what I need to set me free

I wrote and told her, "Please"

Woah, tie a yellow ribbon 'round the old oak tree

It′s been three long years, do you still want me? (Still want me)

If I don't see a ribbon ′round the old oak tree

I'll stay on the bus, forget about us, put the blame on me

If I don′t see a yellow ribbon 'round the old oak tree

Now the whole damn bus is cheerin'

And I can′t believe I see

A hundred yellow ribbons

′Round the old oak tree ('round the old oak tree)

I′m comin' home, um-hm

Songwriter:

Tie a ribbon ′round the old oak tree

Tie a ribbon 'round the old oak tree

Tie a ribbon ′round the old oak tree

Tie a ribbon 'round the old oak tree

Tie a ribbon 'round the old oak tree

Tie a ribbon ′round the old oak tree

Tie a ribbon ′round the old oak tree

Tie a ribbon 'round the old oak tree

Irwin Levine / L. Russell Brown

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