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Huerta by Proper.

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Proper.

Huerta

Release date: 25th March 2022

From The Great American Novel
Track 11
3:28
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"Huerta" is a track by Proper., from the album The Great American Novel, released 25th March 2022. The track is 3:28 long. It's filed under Emo. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Proper..

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Lyrics

Huerta

Don't know much about my mother's side
Never got to feel my grandfather's pride
I wasn't even an idea when he died
I just know that our name means garden
A fertile land
Why leave it all behind to be American?
Why don't I speak Spanish?
There are so many things
I want to ask
About the life I could've had

I could've been
I could've been
I could've been a farmer in the grasslands
I could've been
I could've been
I could've been a tubist in a corrido band
I could've been
I could've been
I could've been a telenovela stunt man
Don't want to be
Don't want to be
Just don't want to be another dull American

But heritage is such a funny thing
Rose tinted glasses, tire swings, and wedding rings
I never knew how much you drank
I wonder if that's why my mother won't partake
And I if I ever see El Torreon
Will they smile and say son you're finally home
Or confirm what I feared all along
I have no culture, no place
No land to call my own

I could've been
I could've been
I could've been a farmer in the grasslands
I could've been
I could've been
I could've been a tubist in a corrido band
I could've been
I could've been
I could've been a telenovela stunt man
Don't want to be
Don't want to be
Just don't want to be another dull American

Romanticize it to death
But don't hold your breath
Romanticize it to death
But don't hold your breath
Romanticize it to death
But don't hold your breath
Romanticize it to death
But don't hold your breath

I could've been
I could've been
I could've been the worst drunk you'd ever meet
I could've been
I could've been
I could've been a white collar in a box seat
I could've been
I could've been
I could've been a beggar in the cold streets
Don't want to be
Don't want to be
Just don't want to be feeling so incomplete

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Track details

From The Great American Novel

3:282022
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Album
The Great American Novel
The Great American Novel
Proper.
25th March 2022
Track number
11
Release year
2022
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    2:43
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    4:32
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    Proper. have shared a new track, 'Jean'
    News

    Proper. have shared a new track, 'Jean'

    It's taken from their newest album 'The Great American Novel', set to arrive this Friday (25th March) on Father/Daughter and Big Scary Monsters.

    23 Mar 2022 • 6:18 pm
    Proper. have released their new single, 'Huerta'
    News

    Proper. have released their new single, 'Huerta'

    The track drop precedes the release of their upcoming album 'The Great American Novel', out 25th March.

    23 Feb 2022 • 8:00 pm