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Artist: Ricky Nelson
Canonical path: /ricky-nelson/i-shall-be-released
Related lyric paths: 6
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I Shall Be Released
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I Shall Be Released
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They say every man can be replaced
Say every distance is not real
That I can remember every face
Every man who's put me here.
I've seen my life go shinin'
From the west down to the east
And any day now, any day now
I shall be released.
They say every man needs protection
Say every man must fall
That I swear I see my reflection
We're so high above this wall.
I've seen my life go shinin'
From the west down to the east
And any day now, any day now
I shall be released.
Yonder stands a man in this lonely crowd
And he swears he's not to blame
All day I long I hear him cryin' out
That he was framed.
I've seen my life go shinin'
From the west down to the east
And any day now, any day now
I shall be released.
And any day now, any day now
I shall be released...
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Ricky Nelson performs "I Shall Be Released", and this lyric page sits inside the Ricky Nelson catalog on LyroVerse.
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