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John Denver - Potter's Wheel
From the album: Different Directions (1991)
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Intro:
D C D C Bm D
The world is fDasCt becomDing younger
The news is CalBml they've evDer known
They've seen the wDarCs, the hurt, the hDunger
How will they chCooBmse when they are grDown?
What do you tDelCl foreveDr's children
When it's thCeir turBmn to hurt aDnd heal?
Whatever spDinCs a grim tDornado
Can also tCurBmn a potter's whDeel
TBmake a little clDay, pBmut it on a whDeel
GBmet a little hDint how GAod must fDeel
GBmive a little tDurn, lBmisten to it spDin
MBmake it in the shDape you wAant it Din
Tell with your lDifCe a bloodDy story
Teach to their drCeaBmms not burnDing steel
It's not in bDomCbs where lies the glDory
But in what's shCattBmered on the fDield
The potter's whDeeCl takes love Dand caring
Skill and pCatBmience fast Dand slow
The works it mDakCes are easilDy broken
Once they survCivBme the potter's thrDow
TBmake a little clDay, pBmut it on a whDeel
GBmet a little hDint how GAod must fDeel
GBmive a little tDurn, lBmisten to it spDin
MBmake it in the shDape you wAant it Din
D C D C Bm D
Some day some chDildrCen will be Ddigging
In some lConBmg forgottDen ground
And they'll find DouCr civilizDation
Or what's left Cof Bmit to be fDound
They'll find the wDeapCons of destrDuction
But buried dCeeBmper in thDe hole
They'll find a mDessCage and a prDomise
In the sCanBmd, the potter's bDowl
TBmake a little clDay, pBmut it on a whDeel
GBmet a little hDint how GAod must fDeel
GBmive a little tDurn, lBmisten to it spDin
MBmake it in the shDape you wAant it Din
TBmake a little clDay, pBmut it on a whDeel
GBmet a little hDint how GAod must fDeel
GBmive a little tDurn, lBmisten to it spDin
MBmake it in the shDape you wAant it Din
BmEarth and wDater and wBmind conspDire
With hBmuman hDands and lAove and fDire
TBmake a little clDay, pBmut it on a whDeel
GBmet a little hDint how GAod must fDeel
GBmive a little tDurn, lBmisten to it spDin
MBmake it in the shDape you wEmant it DinBm  D  

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