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I Shall Be Released

This version of I Shall Be Released was released by The Band in 1968.

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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

I see my light come shinin’
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

I see my light come shinin’
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released

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

I see my light come shinin’
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released

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