I Shall Be Released

by The Band

From the album: Rock of Ages

Track 20 of 28 on Rock of Ages (1972).

Duration: 4:03

Rock of Ages cover art

Lyrics for 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 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's been 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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  1. Introduction
  2. Don't Do It
  3. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
  4. Caledonia Mission
  5. Get Up, Jake
  6. W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
  7. Stage Fright
  8. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
  9. Across The Great Divide
  10. This Wheel's On Fire
  11. Rag Mama Rag
  12. The Weight
  13. The Shape I'm In
  14. The Unfaithful Servant
  15. Life Is A Carnival
  16. The Genetic Method
  17. Chest Fever
  18. (I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes
  19. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
  20. I Shall Be Released
  21. Up On Cripple Creek
  22. The Rumor
  23. Rockin' Chair
  24. Time To Kill
  25. Down In The Flood
  26. When I Paint My Masterpiece
  27. Don't Ya Tell Henry
  28. Like A Rolling Stone