Bob Dylan - I Shall Be Released (Official Audio)

“I Shall Be Released" by Bob Dylan
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Lyrics:
They say every man must need protection
They say every man must fall
Yet I swear I see my reflection
Some place so high above the wall
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
Down here next to me in this lonely crowd
Is a man who swears he's not to blame
All day long I hear him cry so loud
Calling out that he's been framed
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
#BobDylan #Folk #SingerSongwriter

[@hannacoyle8250]

This song for me means that all of us can be released from whatever burden we carry. Great song

[@jeffreypetro3803]

Always loved this song... When I was incarcerated at Arizona State Prison in Douglas, I had Jerry Garcia Band live album which included Jerry Garcia singing "I Shall Be Released". Now in Az, in the 90s, they basically never granted one's first parole, with their war on drugs (war on cannabis mostly) in full swing. I listened to the tapes daily. I played that song repeatedly on the day of my parole board hearing (for attempted transportation of cannabis) . I sang it. "... all day long U hear him crying out so loud, crying out that he'd been framed.... Any day now, any day now, I shall be released". I made my first parole, to return home to Indiana. In the 3 years I was there, I never saw anyone make their first parole. When I returned to Indiana, I went to the banks of the WhiteRiver, at midnight, I gave thanks to the GreatSpirit, I lit a white candle & an incense, & I sang that song to my creator & gave thanks. Music is magic.... & Bob Dylan is a Master.

[@evanmorrow1234]

I'm happy for you for surviving such a god awful experience and getting out and being able to put it behind you. Many years ago I had the misfortune of being in the same shoes for the same thing. A major difference however was the fact I was 6000 miles from home in Okinawa prefecture, empire of Japan. There have never been words that could describe the utter despair and inescapable sense of loneliness that I felt that day when I was sentenced to 2 years at "forced labor". That place was a windowless 19th century dungeon.

[@michaelfrancismccarthy]

Making me cry man, both of you. Freedom, God bless it

[@evanmorrow1234]

@@michaelfrancismccarthy I'm sorry about that. I love being free. It's better than sliced bread and sure beats the hell out of rice. I hate that shit with a passion and won't allow it in my house

[@michaelfrancismccarthy]

@@evanmorrow1234 Evan, you don't have to be sorry. I personally love rice, in fact while you were sending me this message I was cooking and then greatly enjoying some. When I was in Orleans Paris prison in New Orleans they used to serve bologna sandwiches on cheap white bread, and to fuck with us they would let the sandwiches sit out for hours until the meat started to sweat into the bread as it went stale. Never really been able to fuck with bologna or wonderbread ever since

[@Official_KC]

You sang it at your parole hearing? That sounds like some horrible America's Got Talent parole system in my head. But I'm glad you got out and are doing well!

[@clydenolet736]

I’ve lived by “I remember every face of everyone who put me here” .. and life responds so kindly

[@danielwells7013]

Words about Bob Dylan are like trying to paint the sky blue.

[@AzzaTwirre]

I'm off on a kooky tear hearing every Dylan song like it's a musing on the oddness of incarnation on this plane

[@LukasLindwasser]

This is the definitive version!

[@solomonblake7041]

Jesus man don’t get more beautiful than that chorus

[@jimjoslyn7222]

I have this original album I'm in my seventies thank you Jesus

[@tcrown3333]

I'm 81 in July. I discovered Dylan (Named after Dylan Thomas) when I was in secondary school in North Wales. Hated his awful musical skills. 😂 However, what a poet! Up there with Shelley and Keats. The man’s a genius! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@kevinmoran-ji2zl]

This album came out when I was 22. My reckless lifestyle had finally caught up with me. As I dug out of the unimaginable hole I was in this record set was my lover.

[@mertitemunlu1694]

hope you doing well, wishes all the best from a rookie of life. 19 years old listening to the same song which helped you out back in the day.

[@squirtlesquad28]

RIP Happy Traum (harmony vocals)

[@vecchiofalegname6149]

RIP Happy Traum

[@johnnysantoloci8852]

I am DOC. Looking at the sunrise. I had a great life now its near the end. I'll shall be released. I will fly over the walls in this life on to a new path with my GOD and the ONES who touched my SOUL with LOVE. Never give up just go on a new path. Be safe be happy as you can be GOD BLESS YOU !

[@johnnysantoloci8852]

THATS WHAT I WANT NOW!!!

[@youngtheotrevino9048]

They say every man must need protection They say every man must fall Yet I swear I see my reflection Some place so high above the wall I see my light come shining From the west to the east Any day now, any day now I shall be released Down here next to me in this lonely crowd Is a man who swears he's not to blame All day long I hear him cry so loud Calling out that he's been framed I see my light come shining From the west to the east Any day now, any day now I shall be released

[@michaellamontagne6626]

i think its: from the west down to the east...

[@viverepedace3310]

Tnx

[@youngtheotrevino9048]

Yeaaa

[@youngtheotrevino9048]

@@michaellamontagne6626 Thank you Mike

[@markfritzel5993]

Thanks I couldn't figure out what the fuck he was saying

[@laurastrom9857]

I checked this album out from my local library rotating collection of LPs in the hamlet of Hurley in the Hudson Valley. It was transformative

[@Ponchiegomezsaso]

God,, it does not get any better than this !!

[@steelyman08]

I agree. Not one of his better known songs, but I think it matches any of his great tunes.

[@danilovalexander]

i love the Band and Bob.

[@TooSkinnyKenny]

his lyrics are so expressive.

[@mitchellsrandall]

"Greatest Hits Vol.2" is essential to any Dylan fan. Not really "Greatest Hits", more of a Bob setlist. Which is nice...

[@steelyman08]

So true. Odd title indeed. But I'm VERY glad it happened. That title: "Greatest Hits Vol. 2" exposed a lot of fans (I'm one of them) to some truly brilliant songs that they might never have heard otherwise (or not for many years at least).

[@carolinenilsson5741]

Dylan is really something special(?) Surprise me every day,as I'm looking for a new Dylan to put on my daily Dylan FB. Pure Magic it is.❤️

[@robertwoodward829]

Yes and we still waited almost a decade after it was recorded, to hear this great anthem.. The Band released it on the great Big Pink in 68 though.

[@sooz9433]

Here it is 2022 and we're getting up there Bobby... if I die first you'll never know it but if you die first I'll die a little everyday... I love you so and all your remarkable 🎶 🎼🖤

[@cafernandez6491]

❤ Amen you shall be released Amen❤

[@brendabasson1083]

Release us all dear Lord.....

[@daywilliams1000]

A gifted wordmeister, Dylan shines his light in this song.

[@0otee]

Nicy Semi-Reggae style of this Long LIVED Song❣️🌷🌹Next time it easily become a Big Reggae Version... Thanks DearDylan🌺

[@gilberticus6978]

This song for me means that all of us can release a fart from whatever burden we carry. Great song

[@scouseronthewirral]

Recorded in November 1967

[@bjornhellman8474]

Love Bob Dylan. This is simply a masterpiece

[@jasondylansargent2195]

What a human being Dylan is he has given us the greatest songs of all time 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🕶️ bless you Bob

[@annakaczmarczyk2284]

Yes it is

[@sarahjackmansmile]

Any day now🧡🤍💛💔

[@jeffreypetro3803]

@@sarahjackmansmile ...Any day now, I Shall Be Released. I'll nvr forget the day I was released. I listened to that song as I packed up (or rolled up for release, as they say in prison)

[@42awww]

I read the comment below and it is exact to my great awakening.I wondered what my brothers saw in this guy, put on the record. Maybe 10 seconds listening to the beginning of each song. I don't know how many I went through and I was 12 at this time in 1977. I was not expecting what did happen.I put on MY BACK PAGES and the voice went right thru me. I remember declaring out loud, "I love this song!) from hearing it in the house so often. Now I don't blame anyone if they don't believe me, but I know it's true so I shall tell my truth. It was the first of only 2 times in my life I heard a voice like someone sitting beside me. It said, "Your life will never be the same" It was female. Slowly I fell under Dylan's spell and my brother would get me an album for my birthday and Christmas, trying to teach me. I saw him at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1978 and I was ecstatic for 2 days ahead of time. I quickly outgrew my bro's knowlege of Dylan and have spent alot of time listening to him. And it just gets better with every listen.

[@imannonymous7707]

ill never forget the curriosity i felt , seeing this record in my dads collection and the day i decided to play it, the excitement i felt upon hearing this track i remember thinking, jeez if this record is this good,imagine how great the rest are, and yeah some were cool..........but not like that day

[@Jrue61]

That's fucking awesome.

[@jajcasz6648]

Not even Desolation Row, It's Alright Ma or even Mr Tambourine Man?

[@scottgilbert4827]

Hey KZbin more Bob Dylan please!!!

[@braydenhood1467]

Rest in piece Tamayo

[@rachelee73]

That harp just sends this songs to the star's 🎶😊🎶

[@pedrorian5154]

of all the hymns bob dylan composed this one It's definitely my favorite, Love u Bob ❤

[@malemsaid6699]

This version is a magnet

[@MrsAnnaK17]

Someone sent me this song and I found myself just crying. It's beautiful but makes me sad.

[@MrsAnnaK17]

@Graham Murphy Israel ;)

[@MrsAnnaK17]

@Graham Murphy Oh, that's funny, because I actually was born in Ukraine. :)

[@MrsAnnaK17]

@Graham Murphy LOL Yep! Cool. :)

[@jeffreypetro3803]

May well be because it's about someone in prison... "so high above these walls", "everyday U hear him crying out so loud, crying out that he'd been framed", "any day now, I shall be released".

[@madhavsharma6076]

While this song explains a lot about people in prison, what i really love about this song is how metaphorical it is, it is about every place or situation that we don't want to be in and how we are hoping that any/some day we will be released from it.

[@BrandonScottFox1]

YOU JUST NAILED IT!!!!

[@normsaunders4980]

That's just how I've always thought and felt about this wonder of a song. That whatever burden-- guilt, grief, physical pain, whatever-- will soon move on, allowing the singer to go on with his/her life. I can sure see a prisoner holding on to this song, as a symbol of hope.

[@leewhite8355]

Yes🙏

[@TonyWud]

Ain't he great?

[@johnmccann8319]

This version is the very best.It's pure soul!His voice and harmonica rip into the air.💚

[@TheOnlyHandsomeJack]

Nina Simones is better

[@johncarroll772]

Bette Midler is hard to beat

[@albertyoung8659]

❤❤❤

[@juanmasday2896]

Bob dylan what a master of folks songs!

[@steelyman08]

Yep. Even long after he quit the official scene. Buckets Of Rain, You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go, etc. Those are folk songs to me at least.

[@djamhb9872]

♥️♥️♥️

[@terrancegeneeha1577]

Probably my favorite Dylan song. Those lyrics pierce my soul.

[@robertwoodward9231]

For the longest time I'd thought this was an old gospel song in the back of the Bible. But I did come to learn it was another Dylan masterpiece. Of course it was.

[@NanNan-vd4hk]

Piece a legend

[@kflowersf4581]

"For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." Matthew 24:27

[@kevinmizell2076]

One of my favorites by dylan. He touches my emotions with his music !

[@luthvialfin]

Live legend

[@moucolin4973]

When the song touches your soul.

[@mykalgb8643]

This is the first time am hearing this version which is the original..I heard the reggae version so many times I thought it was the original

[@bangbentorro]

2022 still listening

[@markwesley6228]

One of his Best. One of my Favorites. Absolutely Beautiful.

[@markwesley6228]

1968

[@markwesley6228]

JUST LIKE TOM THUMBS BLUES. HAZEL. AND COUNTLESS OTHERS.

[@cablikart3719]

I play this song when i was 14yo in 1976, love it very much

[@carmelcrowley158]

They say every man needs protection, yet I see my reflection upon this wall. Any day now I shall be released. Down here next next to me there's a man who swears he has been framed . I see my light come shining from the west down to the east. Any

[@gerrynewby]

God bless you Jeff. My life’s guiding spirit led me through military service then service to community as a teacher. A complete ‘square’! But we both still love Mr. Bob Dylan! Strange, eh?

[@jeffreypetro3803]

A deep & provocative insight, versed in such a beautiful metaphor... profound & poetically sculpted with such skill. As diverse as we may be, like admirers of a flower in a garden, perhaps we gaze at the flower from different angles/perspectives, we may relate to the flower differently in our personal contexts, but still, at its base, beauty is beauty from whichever direction one may gaze. Art joins us, music harmonizes our frequencies & so often transcends our differences & unites us. It's a beautiful song, the literal impetus for 2 strangers to share appreciation & gratitude for this gift of music. God Bless U my friend! Namaste🙏🕊🙏

[@jamieduffy4281]

Played in prison not proud of that now after a long time in hospital am getting home so am listening to this with a big smile on my face x

[@jaluowen9076]

love it ... junior high schoool

[@giorgiogiunta7539]

❤

[@IsisMusic]

Been listening to alot of versions and covers of this song but this is my favorite

[@imannonymous7707]

This album really is great as promised by the title.....

[@macdjabb8026]

Nina Simone version flows like a river

[@sldrgrl210]

Joe Cocker and that's all I'll say..

[@tntsound7163]

The heptones studio one version is best

[@aaarhhh4341]

pure genius

[@timohlrogge1294]

🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

[@officiallyfynn]

Always worry I'll never hear this song again!

[@457Melly]

I just worry about this version!! My fave

[@AnnaLVajda]

Such love and gratitude to Bob for releasing this music for us.

[@bad.at.videogames.5514]

Yeah Bob, honey ,shine your light on me.

[@michaelj8647]

The song of freedom !! Ty for all mr Dylan

[@cherylcompere7020]

The legend.

[@barbarag.5521]

Thank you, Bob Dylan.

[@chicodascouves]

Joe Cocker's version is a whole other song and one of my favorites as well. I always come back from one another to listen how they captured two completely different feelings on being set free.

[@sudipghimire138]

Heard it on 2015.... today, back on for listenning i2021..

[@deadskunk8733]

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

[@Rocasso]

Takes me to another world 🌎

[@thad156]

Both this and Don’t think twice are probably bobs best mix of guitar and harmonica skills imo. Both instruments and his voice compliment eachother so well!

[@madhavsharma6076]

Yes, i agree. love don't think twice its alright as well.

[@fritz3582]

Grande Bob..un giorno saremo tutti liberi..liberi dalle nostre prigioni...

[@z.z.3680]

Ma la prigione sarà anche il nostro Shelter From the Storm...

[@nickjuno8338]

Love this song... #freeleonardpeltier

[@tonikay3062]

🌻 Beautiful 🌻

[@audaciously913]

My dad played it ,after I was Born in 67 and it’s my lullaby ever since .

[@thebrooklyngardenclub225]

Wow the original is stunning! The Bands' big ensemble version got all the cheers and attention which for me made hearing Dylans original all the more of a gut punch . Thanks for posting.

[@ikedabrooklynnite]

Nina Simon's version gives goosebumps also. Great song

[@bresi4405]

Wow

[@notaself]

Ty captain fantastic and Bobby boy

[@axlblazeauthor]

Ikr it was such a good movie

[@robertrobello738]

I hope so to!

[@stanleybrown1151]

I've read the lyrics to the song and tried to understand them. But it's on movies that it doesn make sense with. Am I miss the true meaning?

[@robertgronewold7474]

"The next one, "I Shall Be Released," immediately caught the right spirit and we relaxed into the music. We started the song with a slightly more bouncy feel than I had heard on the Band's famous recording of the song, and it fit right into the bluesy fingerpicking style that I have always favored. Bob played it in A, so I capoed up to the fifth fret and played out of the E position, accenting the ends of lines with bass note hammer-ons and sliding 6ths and pull-offs in the treble. I joined in singing on the chorus, and before I knew it Bob was grinning and we were on to the next song. Now I was starting to have a good time!" - Happy Traum

[@GodSincerityStar]

Thank you Bob Dylan. See Jamaica's Tribute to your song by the Heptones...

[@javierramos1249]

That Song was always my favorite one of yours, until I heard Pressing On! I knew you'd come through Bob Dylan! Have you ever recorded the old song called: The Sunny Side Of The Street? I once played the harmonica in which I tried it for a couple of years when I was a teenager, and my grandpa on my mom's side taught me, but I gave it up because it was too much blowing in and out and spit back and forth. Ha! I guess I did it wrong. I once played the piano too when I was a kid, and my dad got us lessons. I played in a couple of recital performances, but I don't think my dad liked my choice of music when I chose the one' If it takes forever, t will wait for you; and that's probably because he knew that I chose that music because of my mother. My big sis played the guitar, but I didn't like to because my fingers kept getting blisters. Thanks for signing this song. Victoria

[@_chary990]

finally, its on youtube :)

[@forestyves8067]

oh, yes, finally ! I'm searching since YEARS for this version

[@michaellamontagne6626]

Same, wanted this version from so long, it's my favorite song of all, probably put it on replay till ill miss money and have to go to work!!

[@declanpmulhern]

Yep that's the only version

[@dezedaar8009]

@@forestyves8067 This is the version that made me fall in love with Dylan back in the 80's. My uncle made me a tape with Dylan songs, now that im older i can't believe he made me one with the best versions of all his songs.

[@fergtwomey]

It's also on Spotify "The Essential Bob Dylan" as Studio Outake 1971

[@steelyman08]

The best things in life are always brief ~ little glimpses of pure light. But in our Brave New World, we have a replay button! (-:

[@drinkingpoolwater]

steelyman08 wow i almost started crying when i read this quote and was overcome with memories of my own life. the best moments for me have been sharing love with another. golden-hued times that seem to glow in your memory for eternity.

[@clashpistols7419]

Masterpiece !

[@LBLLBL-w4r]

Hardship brought me here.😢

[@jamesfair4315]

I love the harmonizing. That really caught my ear early on. Can't wait until the full Dylan album list is on KZbin. Especially Infidels and Slow Train Coming.

[@steelyman08]

Many more just came back over the past two weeks. Keep checking (-:

[@deadskunk8733]

Apparently he wrote this song while he was in hospital recovering from a motorcycle accident where he broke his neck and several other injuries. You just can't keep a good man down.

[@samuelbrown9019]

Beautiful song, Thanks Bob!

[@JSA17103017]

Entre sus mejores canciones, e interpretaciones

[@marakaretsos5204]

🎼🎵🎹

[@user-mo4pd5mr8n]

For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man

[@marakaretsos5204]

Wonderful 🎶🎼🎼🎹🎸⭐️⭐️

[@hayesmz]

Happy Birthday Bob. Don't blow out the candles. Keep your mask on. Thanks.

[@carmelcrowley158]

Down here next to me theres a man who cries out so loʻud that his frame, released, holy mountain

[@steelyman08]

Released for three minutes. Thanks, Bob.

[@paulocesarbguimaraes]

Genial como sempre

[@ALFONSOSEGERINOZOTO]

PARA MI ES LA MEJOR VERSION DE "I SHALL BECRELEASED"

[@massimolauria1480]

One of the most beautiful song in the world. Thanks a lot Bob Tu réussis toujours à m'émouvoir. Même quand je ne m'y attends pas.

[@miguelteixido3157]

Best version in the Last Waltz.great song

[@carmelcrowley158]

Risen crown, climb, this restless won't settle down, tried to live a life, drifter running place on the run.