Look at me I will never pass for a perfect bride Or a perfect daughter Can it be I'm not meant to play this part? Now I see that if I were truly to be myself I would break my family's heart Who is that girl I see Staring straight back at me? Why is my reflection someone I don't know? Somehow I cannot hide Who I am, though I've tried When will my reflection show Who I am inside? How I pray that a time will come I can free myself and meet their expectations On that day, I'll discover someway to be myself And to make my family proud They want a docile lamb No one knows who I am Must there be a secret me I'm forced to hide? Must I pretend that I'm Someone else for all time? When will my reflection show Who I am inside? When will my reflection show Who I am inside?

This is what you give me to work with Well honey, I've seen worse We're going to turn this sow's ear into a silk purse We'll have you washed and dried Primped and polished till you glow with pride Trust my recipe for instant bride You'll bring honor to us all Wait and see, when we're through Boys will gladly go to war for you With good fortune (and a great hairdo) You'll bring honor to us all A girl can bring her family Great honor in one way By striking a good match And this could be that day Men want girls with good taste Calm, obedient, who work fast paced With good breeding and a tiny waist You'll bring honor to us all We all must serve our Emperor Who guards us from the Huns A man by bearing arms A girl by bearing sons When we're through You can't fail Like a lotus blossom soft and pale How could any fellow say "no sale" You'll bring honor to us all There, you're ready Not yet An apple for serenity A pendant for balance Beads of jade for beauty You must proudly show it Now add a cricket, just for luck And even you can't blow it Ancestors, hear my plea Help me not to make a fool of me And to not uproot my family tree Keep my father standing tall Scarier than the undertaker We are meeting our matchmaker Destiny, guard our girls And our future as it fast unfurls Please look kindly on these cultured pearls Each a perfect porcelain doll Please bring honor to us- Please bring honor to us- Please bring honor to us- Please bring honor to us- Please bring honor to us all!

For a long time we've Been marching off to battle In our thundering herd We feel a lot like cattle Like the pounding beat Our aching feet aren't Easy to ignore Hey, think of instead A girl worth fighting for Huh? That's what I said A girl worth fighting for I want her paler than the moon With eyes that shine like stars My girl will marvel at my strength, Adore my battle scars I couldn't care less what she'll wear Or what she looks like It all depends on what she cooks like Beef, pork, chicken Mmm Bet the local girls thought you were quite the charmer And I'll bet the ladies love a man in armor You can guess what we Have missed the most Since we went off to war What do we want? A girl worth fighting for My girl will think I have no faults That I'm a major find Uh, how 'bout a girl who's got a brain Who always speaks her mind? Nah! My manly ways and turn of phrase are sure to thrill her He thinks he's such a lady killer I've a girl back home who's unlike any other Yet the only girl who'd love him is his mother But when we come home in victory They'll line up at the door What do we want? A girl worth fighting for Wish that I had A girl worth fighting for A girl worth fighting...