The Box Tops

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I Shall Be Released

I Shall Be Released lyrics by The Box Tops. They say everything can be replaced Yet every distance is not near So I remember every face Of every man who put...

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I Shall Be Released

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They say everything can be replaced

Yet every distance is not near

So I remember every face

Of every man who put me here

I see my light come shining

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 every man must fall

Yet I swear I see my reflection

Some place so high above this wall

(chorus)

Standing next to me in this lonely crowd

Is a man who swears he's not to blame

All day long I hear him shout so loud

Crying out that he was framed

(chorus x2)

Any day now, any day now

I shall be released

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