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Song title: I shall be released


I shall be released

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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This song has never been published on any official release.

Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
 - 04/03/1988 D.Smith Arena, Chapel Hill,NC ,USA during the Tunnel of Love Tour, during the soundcheck.

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Never played in regular set.
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Song 'history':


In the Tunnel of Love tour, the song was only practiced (04/03/1988 D.Smith Arena, Chapel Hill,NC ,USA, during the soundcheck.) but never played in the regular set.
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