Potters Wheel

Intro:     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 tornado Can also turn a potter’s wheel Take a little clay put it on a wheel Get a little hint how God must feel Give a little turn listen to it spin Make it in the shape you want it in Tell with your life a bloody story   Teach to their 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 it spin Make it in the shape you want it in               Some day some children will be digging   In some long forgotten ground And they’ll find our civilization   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 it spin Make it in the shape you want it in Take a little clay put it on a wheel Get a little hint how God must feel Give a little turn listen to it spin Make it in the shape you want it in Earth and water and wind conspire   With human hands and love and fire Take a little clay put it on a wheel Get a little hint how God must feel Give a little turn listen to it spin Make it in the shape you want it in