She Saw a Ball Field

She was born beneath a Nashville sky,
Daisy's girl with fire in her eyes.
One of five with roots so deep,
And a heart that learned what love could keep.

Life took turns she never planned,
But Joyce kept building with her own two hands.
When sorrow came, she carried on,
Went back to school and faced the dawn.

She never waited for an open door,
She found a way and built one more.

Where others saw the floodwater,
She saw a ball field rise.
She saw little girls with dusty knees
And dreams inside their eyes.
Where others saw an empty lot,
She heard the cheering start.
She built more than a place to play...
She built it from her heart.

On a Nebraska family farm,
She worked the board and kept things warm.
Sold polished eggs to make ends meet,
While raising children strong and sweet.

Then Tennessee called her back again,
To family roads and lifelong friends.
With Benjamin, Rebecca, LeeAnn too,
Every road she traveled led back to you.

She learned, she worked, she would not bend,
And every hard road made her stronger in the end.

Where others saw the floodwater,
She saw a ball field rise.
She saw little girls with dusty knees
And dreams inside their eyes.
Where others saw an empty lot,
She heard the cheering start.
She built more than a place to play...
She built it from her heart.

She drove the children safely home,
Twenty-one years behind that wheel.
Then built a rodeo to teach the rest
That careful hands could save and heal.

Switchboard lights and hospital halls,
She spent her life answering calls.
A servant's heart, a steady hand,
Always there to help someone stand.

Somewhere now beneath the lights,
A little girl steps up to bat tonight.
She may never know the woman's name
Who cleared the ground and changed the game.

But every time she rounds third base,
Joyce's love is in that place.
Every cheer and every run
Carries on what she begun.

Where others saw the floodwater,
She saw a ball field rise.
She saw generations yet to come
Before they reached her eyes.
Where others saw an ending,
She always saw a start.
She built more than a place to play...
She built it from her heart.

[Outro]
The family gathered by her side,
With stories, laughter, love, and pride.
Then thunder rolled across the sky,
Like Heaven saying, "She has arrived."

Now she is whole,
Now she is free,
Held in peace for eternity.
And every life her hands helped grow
Will carry Joyce wherever they go.

She was deeply loved.
She gave her all.
And somewhere tonight...
A little girl is running home.