I Shall Be Released

They say ev'ry man need protection

They say ev'ry man must fall

Yet I swear I see my reflection

Some place so high above the wall

I see my light come shining

From the west down to the east

Any day now, any day now

I shall be released.

Down here next to me in this lonely crowd

Is a man who swears he's not to blame

All day long I hear him cry so loud

Calling out that he's been framed

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 ev'rything can be replaced

Yet ev'ry distance is not near

So I remember ev'ry face

Of ev'ry man who put me here

I see my light come shining

From the west down to the east

Any day now, any day now

I shall be released.