In the desert, where the cities are made of gold,
Theres a girl playing hopscotch with pink ribbon pigtails.
And hermom calls out from an apartment balcony,
come on, baby! your bath is ready! its almost time for sleep!
And I wonder whos the father...
And I wonder what they call her - sierra.
Does her mother smoke, or does she jog every morning?
Does she drink when she thinks about me?
Or doesnt she need to drink... does she have a man who works a nine to five?
Does he come home to kiss our young sierra, tuck her in and say goodnight?
(and an extra kiss for mama...)
I want that kiss, that kid, that apartment.
Im ready to settle down now, so get that man out of my bed.
I want my daughter back now, I want to kiss her,
Tuck her in and say, goodnight, my baby girl, sierra.
Sierra, sierra, sierra, sierra,
Ill never know who you are, and I dont deserve to.
My little girl, we wouldve been so... oh, nevermind.
But Im ready to settle down now - yeah, Im ready to leave that wrecking ball behind.
I could be your carpenter, and you could be my twinkling north star oer the desert sky.