there's a frum female singer out there who is generally well-liked in my house by myself and sister1. some of her songs have made it to the list of regularly sung songs, along with some JEP songs, Journeys songs (we've finally learned all the correct lyrics, my parents still have a field day with the fact that we used to sing about "religious doorbells" instead of "religious dogma" we were like 8 and 9 at the time) and a few Shwekey tunes.

but i was singing a particular song one day, when i suddenly realized what i was singing and felt the need to explore the lyrics further:

is the way to happiness the path to success

can i be satisfied if I'm something less

than the doctor, the lawyer they hoped i would be

so what if I'm happy just to be me

each day every hour, on me they depend

to be mother a sister, plus a wife and a friend

i have a profession, though no PHD

but today i am happy just to be me

i don't need a license, don't need a degree

for I'm in the business of a woman you see

my life's full of meaning and my home's full of life

i don't need all that money to be doing all right

there's not much vacation, get no time to rest

my house is my office, and my kitchen's my desk

i work for Hashem, yes the Torah's my trade

maybe I'm overworked but I'm not underpaid

i spent at least twenty minutes trying to write out how i thought about this songs, but no matter how i put it, i sounded nasty or just plain stupid. so i'm going to leave the comments to the people who do it best (my readers) and the opinion-giving to those who do it best (my relatives) because i know that you'll either leave your opinion here or tell it to me the next time i see you :)