John Denver - Potter's Wheel Lyrics
This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the different directions album, and has also been released on the john denver collection - annies song album. it has also been releOn the john denver collection - calypso album, as a live version.The world is fast becoming youngerThe news is all theyve ever knownTheyve seen the wars, the hurt, the hungerHow will they choose when they are grownWhat do you tell forevers childrenWhen its their turn to hurt and healWhatever spins a grim tornedoCan also turn a potters wheelTake a little clayPut it on a wheelGet a little hintHow God must feelGive a little turnListen to a spinMake it into the shapeYou want it inTell with your life the bloody storyTeach to theyre dreams not burning steelIts not in bombs where lies the gloryBut in whats shattered on the fieldThe potters wheel takes love and caringSkill and patience fast and slowThe works it makes are easily brokenOnce they survive the potters throwTake a little clayPut it on a wheelGet a little hintHow God must feelGive a little turnListen to a spinMake it into the shapeYou want it inSome day some children will be diggingIn some long forgotten groundAnd theyll find our civilisationOr whats left of it to be foundTheyll find the weapons of destructionBut buried deeper in the holeTheyll find a message and a promiseIn the sand, the potters bowlTake a little clayPut it on a wheelGet a little hintHow God must feelGive a little turnListen to a spinMake it into the shapeYou want it inEarth and fire and wind conspireWith human hands, and love, and fireWords and music by bill danoff
