Plateau

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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 talk show hosts are planted in the sand

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Beautify the foothills, shake the many hands

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nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop

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And an illustrated book about birds

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See a lot up there but don’t be scared

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Who needs action when you got words

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Finished with the mop then you can stop

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And look at what you’ve done

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Plateau’s clean, no dirt to be seen

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And the work it was fun

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nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop

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And an illustrated book about birds

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See a lot up there but don’t be scared

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Who needs action when you got words

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Many a hand began to scan around for the next plateau

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Some say it was Greenland, some say Mexico

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Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood

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Those were all just guesses, wouldn’t help you if they could

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Ooh, ooooh ooh oooooh…………