Potter’s Wheel Lyrics - John Denver

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 - Annie's Song album. It has also been released on The John Denver Collection - Calypso album, as a live version. 

The world is fast becoming younger 

The news is all they've ever known 

They've seen the wars, the hurt, the hunger 

How will they choose when they are grown 

What do you tell forever's children 

When it's their turn to hurt and heal 

Whatever spins a grim tornedo 

Can also turn a potters wheel 

Take a little clay 

Put it on a wheel 

Get a little hint 

How God must feel 

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Give a little turn 

Listen to a spin 

Make it into the shape 

You want it in 

Tell with your life the bloody story 

Teach to they're dreams not burning steel 

It's not in bombs where lies the glory 

But in what's shattered on the field 

The potter's wheel takes love and caring 

Skill and patience fast and slow 

The works it makes are easily broken 

Once they survive the potter's throw 

Take a little clay 

Put it on a wheel 

Get a little hint 

How God must feel 

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Give a little turn 

Listen to a spin 

Make it into the shape 

You want it in 

Some day some children will be digging 

In some long forgotten ground 

And they'll find our civilisation 

Or what's left of it to be found 

They'll find the weapons of destruction 

But buried deeper in the hole 

They'll find a message and a promise 

In the sand, the potter's bowl 

Take a little clay 

Put it on a wheel 

Get a little hint 

How God must feel 

Give a little turn 

Listen to a spin 

Make it into the shape 

You want it in 

Earth and fire and wind conspire 

With human hands, and love, and fire 

Words and Music by Bill Danoff