I Shall Be Released (Live)

Lyrics from Live Performance at The Mama Cass Television Program on January 18, 1969

[Verse 1: Cass Elliot]

They say everything can be replaced

Yeah and every distance is not near

So I remember every face

Of every man who put me here

[Chorus: Cass Elliot, Mary Travers & Joni Mitchell]

I see my light come shining

From the west down to the east

Any day now, any day now

I shall be released

[Verse 2: Mary Travers]

They say every man needs protection

They say every man must fall

Yeah, I swear I see my reflection

Somewhere up above these walls

[Chorus: Cass Elliot, Mary Travers & Joni Mitchell]

I see my light come shining

From the west down to the east

Any day now, any day now

I shall be released

[Verse 3: Joni Mitchell]

Yonder standing me in this lonely crowd

A man who says he's not to blame

All day long I hear him hollering so loud

Just crying out that he's not to blame

[Chorus: Cass Elliot, Mary Travers & Joni Mitchell]

I see my light come shining

From the west down to the east

Any day now, any day now

I shall be released