I Shall Be Released

[Verse 1]

They say everything can be replaced

That every distance is not near

So I remember every face

Of every man who put me here

[Verse 2]

They say every woman needs protection

Then they turn around and tell you every woman's got to fall

I swear I see my own reflection

Somewhere far beyond this wall

[Chorus]

I see my life come shining

From the west down to the east

Any day now, any day now

I shall be released

[Verse 3]

Now yonder stands there in that lonely crowd

A man who swears he is not to blame, no, no

And if you ask him has he ever seen this lonely woman

He'll tell you, "No, no, no," what's more, he does not know my name

[Chorus]

But I see my light come shining

Shining, shining, shining from the west straight on down to the east

Any day now, any, any old day now

I am going to, I am going to be released, yeah

[Verse 4]

They tell ya, tell ya every woman

They tell ya every woman got to have protection

Then they turn around and tell ya

"No! We gonna make that woman fall!"

Oh, god, I swear. I swear I see

I see my, my very own reflection

Far and away beyond, way, way beyond

These four walls, that's right

[Chorus]

I see, I see my life, my life, my life is shining, shining, shining

Shining, shining, shining, shining

From the west straight on down to the east

And any day now, do you hear me, any day now, I shall be

I am going to be released

[Outro]

Any day now, any day now, any day now

Any, any day now

Oh, any day now

Any day, any day, any day, any day, any day, any day

Woah, any day, yeah, any day, any old day now

Yeah, any, yeah, any day now

I am gonna, I shall be released

Woah, any day now, I shall see again

Any day now, I shall be free again

Any day now, they'll let me be again

Oh, any day now, any day now, any day now

Woah, help me, any day, any day, any old day now