[Verse 1]
She walks in any room like she already knows your name,
A fire in her presence, every heart nearby feels the same,
The kind of soul that's written bold, no small print, no disguise,
What you see is what you get — pure gold behind those eyes,
She's carried broken hearts like medals, worn 'em without shame,
Forty-seven years of proof that real love stays the same

[PreChorus]
Free enough to follow joy, grounded enough to stay,
A little sarcasm and a lot of grace along the way

[Chorus]
Karen, you're the truest thing I've ever known,
The friend who never tried to sand my edges down or make me clone,
You love me like I'm perfect, every flaw and every scar,
Karen, what a gift it is to know you as you are

[Verse 2]
You keep a door wide open in the deepest part of you,
Where all the people who have loved you know they're welcome through,
Your devotion runs beneath the surface, quiet and immense,
You fight for everyone you cherish — never at their expense,
You've sat with me in the messy middle, never flinched away,
Laughed until we couldn't breathe and cried the very same day

[PreChorus]
You give the kind of love that doesn't ask to be returned,
And somehow that's the reason it comes back to you — earned

[Chorus]
Karen, you're the rarest thread woven through my years,
The hand that held me steady through the laughter and the tears,
No question and no judgment, just acceptance — bright and true,
Karen, I'm a better soul for every day with you

[Verse 3]
Ain't life funny, turning us this way and not another way,
Two hearts so perfectly mismatched in just the right display,
If the cards had landed different we'd have burned the whole world down,
But this — exactly this — is where the blessing can be found,
You didn't need a different role to be my everything,
You just showed up, wholly you, and that is all of it

[PreChorus]
I've had you, I have you, and I always will — that's the deal,
Some things don't need explaining, they just need to be real

[Chorus]
Karen, what a lucky, strange, and beautiful design,
That you came into this life and somehow ended up in mine,
Every laugh we've swapped, every truth we've shared without a script,
Karen, life's been worth the ride with you along on every trip

[Bridge]
You never tried to change me, I never tried to change you,
That's rarer than most anything that two people stumble through,
We just built our own foundation out of honesty and grit,
Two souls, one solid friendship — and I'll never outgrow it

[Outro]
Karen, here's to every chapter still unwritten and unread,
Here's to all we haven't laughed at yet, all the miles still ahead