Joe Cocker - I Shall Be Released (+Lyrics)

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

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

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.
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east.
Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released.

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• Johnny Hasj

[OleBlues]

This song takes me back to the 60's......I met my future wife in 1969 listening to this song.......and I lost her to Cancer in 2007, God I miss her :(....

[JohnnyHasj2012]

@OleBlues I Feel with you.. Must be saddened by this loss but I truly believe Souls that pass on are in a better 'place' than we are here on Earth..

I wish you all strength, continuously ! ! Bless

Love is the Only Engine of Survival..

[brink1000]

For my money - the best version of this Dylan tune - no one has done it with more passion, more honest soul than Cocker.

[kukkaFeatures]

really beautiful, I love Joe

[Bynkers83]

@OleBlues Fuck Cancer!

[tonymfahy]

Class song. Class singer!

[colberrrt]

@Yourfacecrackah Jeff's is still on YouTube. It's my favorite version, but Joe Cocker has made a quality cover too.

[sabrehill1]

this tune is so good. only 17,000 listens? what a waste

[sabrehill1]

joe cocker was a fantastic singer

he covered a few songs, but he took some to a higher level

this bloke truly had soul

[sabrehill1]

joe covered quite a few songs

but boy, he could take some tunes to a higher lever

a superb, superb artistt

[jsystevo007]

@OleBlues sorry for your loss, with love from jersey channel islands UK

[flipside582]

I MET MY WIFE IN A HEAD SHOP WHERE I WORKED IN 1969 THIS SONG WAS BLASTING ON THE TURNTABE,LOST HER IN 1996,ALSO SAW MAGNIUM P.I. HAD THIS SONG PLAYING.

[MrBfg1960]

this is pure quality does anyone know who plays the bluesy guitar rift