[Verse 1]

In the desert, where the cities are made of gold

There's a girl playing hopscotch with pink ribbon pigtails

And her mom calls out from an apartment balcony

"Come on, baby! Your bath is ready!

It's almost time for sleep!"

[Chorus]

And I wonder, who's the father....

And I wonder what they call her - Sierra

[Verse 2]

Does her mother smoke, or does she jog every morning?

Does she drink when she thinks about me?

Or doesn't 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?

[Chorus]

And an extra kiss for mama

I want that kiss, that kid, that apartment

[Bridge]

I'm 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"

[Chorus]

Sierra, Sierra, Sierra, Sierra

I'll never know, know who you are

And I don't deserve to

Sierra, Sierra, Sierra, Sierra

My little girl

We would've been so... oh, nevermind

[Outro]

But I'm ready to settle down now

Yeah, I'm ready to leave that wrecking ball behind

And I could be your carpenter

And you could be my twinkling north star o'er the desert sky