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 oh must fall yet i swear i see my reflection someplace so high above this wall i see my light come shining from the west down to the east any day now any day now i shall be released now yonder stands a man oh in this lonely crowd he s 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 shinin from the west down to the east any day now any day now i shall be released oh any day now any day now i shall be released any day now any day now i shall be released