I Shall Be Released

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 shining from the west out 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 shining from the west out 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 shining from the west out to the east.

Any day now, any day now, I shall be released.