Plateau

<br>Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau<br>Some belong to strangers and some to folks you know<br>Holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sand<br>To beautify the foothills and shake the many hands<br><br>The nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop<br>And an illustrated book about birds<br>You see a lot up there but don`t be scared<br>Who needs action when you got words<br><br>When you`ve finished with the mop then you can stop<br>And look at what you`ve done<br>The plateau`s clean, no dirt to be seen<br>And the work it was fun<br><br>The nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop<br>And an illustrated book about birds<br>You see a lot up there but don`t be scared<br>Who needs action when you got words<br><br>Well the many hands began to scan around for the next plateau<br>Some said it was in Greenland and some say Mexico<br>Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood<br>But those were all just guesses, wouldn`t help you if they could