Maggie's Farm

"They say ev'rything can be replaced,
They say 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."


"I Shall Be Released," written back in 1967 at Big Pink.  At least four versions have been officially released, with hundreds more live performances, as well as dozens upon dozens of covers by everyone from The Band to the Pretenders.  A version from 1994, complete with symphony orchestra, is below.