[Verse 1]
She weighed every word before she let it leave her tongue,
Held the scales of every room she walked into since young,
Three things crowded at the top — her drive, her voice, her art,
A woman built for the public eye with a diplomat's heart,
She measured beauty like a craftsman measures grain,
And put her whole self into the work, again, again,

[PreChorus]
But the sky was writing something she could hardly read,
A blueprint carved in patience, a philosophy, a creed,

[Chorus]
Lois, the stars have always known your name,
The way you tipped the balance, kept the candle and the flame,
You were forged in elegance and fired by a cause,
Lois, the heavens never missed a single thing you was,

[Verse 2]
Her heart lived in the conversation, in the back-and-forth,
Every person that she loved became a kind of north,
But she noticed what they needed long before they'd ask,
The hem that needed mending was enough of a task,
She carried loyalty the way a ledger carries truth —
Every entry made with care from her first breath to proof,

[PreChorus]
And even when the partnership demanded more than fair,
She steadied herself quietly and chose to still be there,

[Chorus]
Lois, you were never just a footnote in the page,
You were the hand that held the pen through every act and age,
You rewrote the definition of what standing tall could mean,
Lois, the most enduring things are often still unseen,

[Verse 3]
She moved between the visionary and the grain of sand,
One eye on the distant road, one hand in what was planned,
The dreamer and the detail-keeper argued in one mind,
But somehow both would show up every single time,
When the ideology felt too big to hold in one small place,
She filed it under service and returned it with more grace,

[PreChorus]
For the ones who needed someone steady in the hall,
She was the door that opened wide and never let one fall,

[Chorus]
Lois, every table that you set said someone matters here,
Every question that you carried turned to something crystal clear,
You learned that meaning doesn't live in marble or in gold,
Lois, it lives in showing up and doing what you're told you're too small to hold,

[Verse 4]
Now something in the distance shifts the angle of the view,
A boldness coming in like a permission slip that's new,
The part of her that always weighed the cost before she'd run
Is stepping out from underneath the shelter of someone,
The woman who stayed graceful while the world pressed hard and fast
Is walking toward the version of herself that was built to last,

[PreChorus]
The quiet years of holding steady weren't a life deferred,
Every season had a purpose, every echo had a word,

[Chorus]
Lois, let the record show you carried more than most,
You were the steady heartbeat and the warmth inside the post,
You earned the right to take the sky and call it fully yours,
Lois, all your life the stars were keeping score,

[Bridge]
When the balance felt impossible to find,
When the mind ran faster than the clock would let it climb,
When she wondered if the dedication left a mark at all —
It did — it does — it always did — it's written on the wall,

[Outro]
The sky above North Vernon knew before the rest,
That Lois came here built for this, and Lois came here blessed,