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Sierra by Cursive

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Cursive

Sierra

Release date: 4th March 2003

From The Ugly Organ
Track 11
3:25
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About This Track

‘Sierra’ by Cursive is an alternative track from ‘The Ugly Organ’, released in 2003. The lyrics paint a sunlit desert scene of cities built like gold, where a girl plays hopscotch with pink ribbon pigtails, watched from an apartment balcony as her mother calls her in for sleep. Beneath the domestic call is a streak of unease and curiosity, with the narrator wondering about “who the father” might be and what the girl is called, turning an everyday bedtime moment into something more unsettling and unresolved.

"Sierra" is a track by Cursive, from the album The Ugly Organ, released 4th March 2003. The track is 3:25 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Cursive.

About the Artist

Cursive

Cursive

Lyrics

Sierra

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!"
And I wonder, who's the father...
And I wonder what they call her... oh, Sierra

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?
And an extra kiss for Mama
I want that kiss, that kid, that apartment

I'm ready to settle down now
So get that man out of my bed
I want my daughter back now
I wanna kiss her
Tuck her in and say, "Goodnight
My baby girl, Sierra"

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, never mind

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 over the desert sky

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Track details

From The Ugly Organ

3:252003
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Album
The Ugly Organ
The Ugly Organ
Cursive
4th March 2003
Track number
11
Release year
2003
  1. 1The Ugly Organist
    0:53
  2. 2Some Red-Handed Sleight of Hand
    1:53
  3. 3Art Is Hard
    2:46
  4. 4The Recluse
    3:03

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Tim Kasher
    Producer
    Mike Mogis, Tim Kasher
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    Drums
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    Guitar
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    Jenny Lewis
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    Cello
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