Yeah, she rises like a sunflower Tall and proud against the sky Turns to face the dawn each morning In defiance of the night She is messy in her musings But all she touches turns to gold I am a light-hearted lover But a heavy thing to hold And she is dappled Appaloosa in the sunrise Watch the shadows cradling her fade away And she is everything that I could never be And I need her like the prairie needs the rain And I need her like the prairie needs the rain Like a river through a canyon All my changes come on slow Try as I might, I'm always crawling back To devils that I know I'm a heavy-handed sculptor My efforts crumble to the ground But you know she still forgives me When the morning comes around And she is dappled Appaloosa in the sunrise Watch the shadows cradling her fade away And she is everything that I could never be And I need her like the prairie needs the rain And I need her like the prairie needs the rain And all I've seen there in the mirror Is a creature of the night But I'm finding strength and solace When I'm bathed in all her light Oh, and she is dappled Appaloosa in the sunrise Watch the shadows cradling her fade away And she is everything that I could never be And I need her like the prairie needs the rain And I need her like the prairie needs the rain You know, I need her like the prairie needs the rain