[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…