I Shall Be Released

The Band

They say everything can be replaced

They say every distance is not near

So I remember every face

Of every man who put me here



(CHORUS) I see my light come shining

From the west down to the east

Any day now, any day now

I shall be released



They say every man needs protection

They say that every man must fall

Yet I swear I see my reflection

Somewhere so high above this wall



(REPEAT CHORUS)



Now, yonder stands a man in this lonely crowd

A man who swears he's not to blame

All day long I hear him shouting so loud

Just crying out that he was framed



(REPEAT CHORUS)