make the grade and fail the class   take the test and do your best   watch you burn you life away   buried in the hourglass      you can open up your mind      everybody's teaching you   trying to tell you what to do   if you listen you will find   that you can open up your mind   you can open up your mind      and I just can't wait for another day   and I can't sleep cause I'm to afraid   and I don't know where I'm gawn end up next      the hourglass man   has gone away   the hourglass man he's in the sand he's in the sand yeah   the hourglass man is buried in the hourglass