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In the desert, where the cities are made of gold, |
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there's a girl playing hopscotch with pink ribbon pigtails. |
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And her mom calls out from an apartment balcony, |
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"Come on, baby! Your bath is ready! It's almost time for sleep!" |
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And I wonder who's the father... |
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And I wonder what they call her - Sierra. |
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Does her mother smoke, or does she jog every morning? |
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Does she drink when she thinks about me? |
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Or doesn't she need to drink... does she have a man who works a nine to five? |
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Does he come home to kiss our young Sierra, tuck her in and say goodnight? |
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(And an extra kiss for mama...) |
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I want that kiss, that kid, that apartment. |
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I'm ready to settle down now, so get that man out of my bed. |
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I want my daughter back now, I want to kiss her, |
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tuck her in and say, "goodnight, my baby girl, Sierra." |
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Sierra, Sierra, Sierra, Sierra, |
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I'll never know who you are, and I don't deserve to. |
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My little girl, we would've been so... oh, nevermind. |
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But I'm ready to settle down now - yeah, I'm ready to leave that wrecking ball behind. |
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I could be your carpenter, and you could be my twinkling north star o'er the desert sky. |