Nirvana - Plateau [Lyrics]

Recorded: 18 November 1993
Sony Music Studios, New York, NY, USA

Transmission: 16 December 1993
MTV Unplugged in NY

Lyrics

Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau
Some belong 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

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 got words

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

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 got words

Many hands began to scan around for the next plateau
Some said it was Greenland and 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

(The pitch was changed to avoid copyright issues)

Song Facts:
• This is a cover of a Meat Puppets song
• Nirvana played it with Meat Puppets' members Curt Kirkwood (guitar) and Cris Kirkwood (bass and backing vocals), Novoselic played guitar
• It was performed just once by Nirvana