John Denver - Potterâs Wheel (Country Roads-Very Best Of John)
John Denver - Potterâs Wheel (Country Roads-Very Best Of John)
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
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
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
John Denver - Potter's Wheel (1992) (04:15)
John Denver - Potter's Wheel (1992)
Im not a tree hugger, im peacekeeper in europe.
but i still love this song.
Author: ledari
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@dinky9095
Thank you. "Sunshine On My Shoulders" was always one of my favorites.
Author: MrSwandis
3
Well said!!!
Author: mikezes
4
And neither am I ledari . I was a Diving Riverine in the Delta back in 68 with the USMC. I have been a diver ever since.
My father remembered the Calypso as mine sweeper J-826 in 44.
"Born from war to serve in peace" that is my epitaph for Calypso.
Author: TheUSCam
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Je Ta'ime, John. You will always be missed. R.I.P.
Author: stlouisb13
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This is one of the most beautiful tributes to the ocean and the explorers and all those natural wonders that still make it one of the last not fully understood frontiers.
Author: panga3a
7
WOW!!!!! What a voice! The last shot with Cousteau and the birds along with the high point of the song blew me away.