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I Shall Be Released

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They say everything can be replaced
Yet 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 unto the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released

They say every man needs protection
They say every man must fall
But I swear I see my reflection
Somewhere so high above this wall

I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released

Standing next to me in this lonely crowd
Is a man who swears he's not to blame
Every night, I hear him shout so loud
Crying out that he's been framed

I see my light come shinin'
From the west unto the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released

I see my light come shinin'
From the west unto the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released

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