Plateau

by The Meat Puppets

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Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau
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Some belong to strangers,   some to folks you know
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Holy ghosts and talkshow hosts are planted in the sand
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Beautify the foothills;   shake the many hands

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Nothin' on the top but a bucket and a mop
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And an illustrated book about birds
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You see a lot up there but don't be scared
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Who needs action when you got words

Finished with the mop then you can stop and look at what you've done
Plateau's clean, no dirt to be seen, and the work, it was fun

Nothin' on the top but a bucket and a mop
And an illustrated book about birds
You see a lot up there but don't be scared
Who needs action when you got words

Many a hand's began to scan around for the next plateau
Some say it was Greenland, some say Mexico
Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood
Those were all just guesses, wouldn't help you if they could

F#  B  A
(solo)