I Shall Be Released

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They say ev’rything can be replaced,
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Yet ev’ry distance is not near.
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So I remember ev’ry face
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Of ev’ry man who put me here.
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I see my light come shining
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From the west unto the east.
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Any day now, any day now,
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I shall be released.

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They say ev’ry man needs protection,
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They say ev’ry man must fall.
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Yet I swear I see my reflection
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Some place so high above this wall.
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I see my light come shining
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From the west unto the east.
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Any day now, any day now,
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I shall be released.

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Standing next to me in this lonely crowd,
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Is a man who swears he’s not to blame.
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All day long I hear him shout so loud,
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Crying out that he was framed.
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I see my light come shining
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From the west unto the east.
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Any day now, any day now,
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I shall be released.