[Intro]
RD: That spaghetti was great! I'd definitely crash that buffet one more time
TS: It sure was! Although with the way you were eating, I’m not sure they'd let you back in
RD: I was hungry! Gotta get those carbs to recover, you know what I'm saying?
TS: Ah, excuse me. Lunch with Rainbow Dash, check! … What? Spike’s out helping Rarity find gems. Stop looking at me like that
RD: So you're just gonna teleport that thing everywhere you go?
TS: That thing is a checklist! It's very important to me!
RD: Heh, at least I know you're always gonna bе more of an egghead than mе. I can't imagine checking off every little thing I do throughout the entire day. Bust some clouds, check. Flight practice, check. Lunch, check. Take my afternoon nap, check. Re-read Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Stone for the seventieth time, check. I don't need a list to tell me what to do
TS: Oh, shows how much you know. The merits of checklists are endless! Reliability, motivation, self-accountability, defining the scope of work, documentation… Wait!
(RD: You've got to be kidding me…)
TS: I feel a song coming on
[Verse 1]
Sun shines in
Cast the blanket off
Much to do, ooh
I've gotta get my hooves to ground
Gonna make the best of sixteen
Hours now, ooh
Sorting the books out
Make time for lunch with Dash and
Study too (Study too)
Practice my spells
Teleportin’ with the groceries
Maybe I can-
Keep it all
In my little unicorn head
Clever pony’s what some said
But I know
There's always some times that we forget
Then I’ll wish I'd had a
[Chorus]
Checklist
All the tasks that Twilight's plannin' to get done, ooh
I’m talkin' 'bout my checklist
Itemized discretely, step through one by one, ooh
RD: OK, this is a whole new level of eggheadedness
[Verse 2]
Books profuse
Haycartes, Neightzsche, which is next to
Peruse?
Buffet line prioritizing
Thinking on my pasta ambiguously
Attention is a-
Scarce resource
You've got to prep, commit to ink
There's no time for makeshift plans
You'll be sure
When its listed out in rows to read
Then you'll understand my
[Chorus]
Checklist
Nothing holds direction like the written word, ooh
I'm talkin' 'bout my checklist
Even if somepony's calling you a nerd, ooh
Checklist
All the tasks that Twilight's plannin' to get done, ooh
I'm talkin' 'bout my checklist
Itemized discretely, step through one by one, ooh
[Verse 3]
A friend to any mare so she won't forget, among the…
Many merits not listed yet
The ability to document takes
Spot to be the topper if your
Process has a lot to it and
Smooth it's how it's gotta run
To refer… what's to do
What's been done, and what's deferred, ha!
If you ever wondered what you did the day before
The prior written checklist, babe you can't ignore
Twilight stands to utilize the written word
A hand above the inveterate herd
It doubles as a cylinder, when trouble comes up looking for
Just roll it up and smack 'em with the list
I tell 'em this
Explicitly, the checklist gives to me
Close capability, and still make time for tea
The list is all I need, the list is all you see...
(A wise book I came across once read)
(The future is writ within boxes and checks)
(And frankly boss, your hesitancy to adopt has got me at a loss)
(‘Cause with a checklist even you would remember to floss.)
[Chorus]
Checklist
Nothing gives me quality of sleep, ooh
Checklist
Walking down that line of checks so neat, ooh
Checklist
All the tasks that Twilight's plannin' to get done, ooh
I'm talkin' 'bout my checklist
Itemized discretely, step through one by one, ooh
[Outro]
RD: Well, that's nice and all, but I can feel my nap coming on. Gotta go…
