Meat Puppets - Plateau lyrics

Many a hand has scaled the grand
Old face of the plateau
Some belonged to strangers and some
To folks you know
Holy ghosts and talk show hosts
Are planted in the sand
To beautify the foothills and
Shake the many hands

There's nothing 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've got words?

When you're finished with the mop, then
You can stop and look at what you've done
The plateau's clean, no dirt to be seen
And the work it took it was fun

There's nothing 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've got words?

The many hands began to scan
Around for the next plateau
Some said it was Greenland
And some said Mexico
Others decided it was nowhere except
For where they stood
But those were all just guesses
Wouldn't help you if they could