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Guthrie, Woody - Wheel of Life
Identifier
020804
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
The Klezmatics - Wheel Of Life
Wheel of Life
Words by Woody Guthrie & Maxine "Lefty Lou" Dempsey, 1939, Music by Frank London (The Klezmatics), 2006
The Wheel of Life will Turn and Turn
And roll on -
The Wheel of Life will Turn and Turn and Roll on!
The Wheel of Life will Turn and Turn and Roll on!
Great big wheel will turn again;
Better get rid of all your sin!
Wheel of Life will turn again and roll on.
If you wanta ride this Wheel of Life, it's roll on;
If you wanta ride this Wheel of Life, it's roll on;
Better let all your business drop.
Nobody knows where it will stop;
Wheel of Life will spin again and roll on!
Wheel of Life goes round and round, it's roll on;
Wheel of Life goes round and round, it's roll on;
Great big wheel is away up High
Carry you way up in the Sky;
Wheel of Life will spin again and roll on.
Life is a great big Gamblin' Wheel; it's roll on;
Life is a Great Big Gamblin' Wheel; it's roll on;
Life is a great big Gamblin' Wheel; it's roll on;
If you hope to beat the Game.
Better see you praisin’ in God’s name;
Wheel of Life will spin and spin and spin again and roll on.
The source of the experience
Guthrie, WoodyConcepts, symbols and science items
Symbols
WheelWheel of fortune
Wheel with eight spokes
Wheel with eight spokes based on the Zodiac
Wheel with six spokes
Wheel with twelve spokes [the Zodiac]