i m going down my nose is in the sand i m going down down baby my nose is in the sand a cloud of dust just came over me and i think i m drowning on dry land you know my father told me son don t rush to be a man you know my father told me son don t you rush to be a man but i went ahead on and now i think i m drowning on dry land you know my mother told me the story about that li l dog that couldn t see too well he was crossing a railroad track one day when the train cut off a part of his tail he turned around but never looked up just to peep over the rail and she said he lost his whole head trying to find a little piece of tail that s why i m going down my nose is in the sand a could of dust just came over me and now i think i m drowning on dry land