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.
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The world is fast becoming younger
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The news is all they’ve ever known
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They’ve seen the wars, the hurt, the hunger
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How will they choose when they are grown
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What do you tell forever’s children
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When it’s their turn to hurt and heal
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Whatever spins a grim tornedo
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Can also turn a potters wheel
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Take a little clay
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Put it on a wheel
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Get a little hint
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How God must feel
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Give a little turn
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Listen to a spin
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Make it into the shape
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You want it in
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Tell with your life the bloody story
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Teach to they’re dreams not burning steel
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It’s not in bombs where lies the glory
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But in what’s shattered on the field
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The potter’s wheel takes love and caring
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Skill and patience fast and slow
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The works it makes are easily broken
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Once they survive the potter’s throw
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Take a little clay
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Put it on a wheel
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Get a little hint
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How God must feel
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Give a little turn
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Listen to a spin
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Make it into the shape
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You want it in
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Some day some children will be digging
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In some long forgotten ground
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And they’ll find our civilisation
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Or what’s left of it to be found
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They’ll find the weapons of destruction
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But buried deeper in the hole
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They’ll find a message and a promise
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In the sand, the potter’s bowl
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Take a little clay
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Put it on a wheel
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Get a little hint
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How God must feel
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Give a little turn
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Listen to a spin
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Make it into the shape
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You want it in
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Earth and fire and wind conspire
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With human hands, and love, and fire
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Words and Music by Bill Danoff
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Potter’s Wheel
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| John Denver |
