This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
You can't tell me what toys I can play with
You can't tell me not to grow my crops
You can't tell me which sex I can marry
It's so scary the weird way that you watch
Straight out of Ponyville:
Motherfucker named Twilight
Don't call her Belle
Sweetie Belle raise hell and
Beat you in barfight she's unicorn
Horn got the force move
Shit around and teleport but she's a pony
That's a horse that will, but of course
Cavort for sport
Like Spike on Rarity, Clydesdale clarity
There's the horse that I hunger for:
Fluttershy got those butter
Thighs bumblesweet
But a little bit of mumblecore
Pinkemena is mean motherfucker pulling
Pranks with Rainbow Dash
And they don't give a fuck if your shit's
Fucked up they're gonna fall back and laugh
You can't tell me what toys I can play with
You can't tell me not to grow my crops
You can't tell me which sex I can marry
It's so scary the weird way that you watch
You know the type:
Make you think about suicide
They're so super hype
Then you know my pinkie pie so freakafied
Whatever sweets inside won't suffice
Dash is the lass with the rainbow mane
Pass so fast make you lose your cool
She's a mine detector, a cloud collector
When's the last time you
Heard a rainbow BOOM?
Every time somebody rocks a rainbow
Like R2 or Lucky Charms
They gotta get all aggro back in the backroom
Make sure nobody is doing anybody any harm
Bunch of baloney, just a bunch of ponies:
Save that horseshit for your barn
The only danger in this manger's
Finding friendship on the farm, what!
You can't tell me what toys I can play with
You can't tell me not to grow my crops
You can't tell me which sex I can marry
It's so scary the weird way that you watch
Don't talk smack, unless they force you
If it's Applejack
You might taste her horseshoe
Help out with the harvest if she requests it
Her heart is the part
That is heavily invested
Herd not a pack with
Some stand back dramatics
Don't panic: I'm gonna stampede
Through the static you heard that it's wack
Heard friendship is magic
Better than back in the paddock
Some ponies know their cutie marks
And some must crusade
Some people know their role in life
And some others must wait
I love My Little Pony
My Little Pony is great
I wish that people were ponies
Then life wouldn't be lame
You can't tell me what toys I can play with
You can't tell me not to grow my crops
You can't tell me which sex I can marry
It's so scary the weird way that you watch
You can't tell me what toys I can play with
You can't tell me not to grow my crops
You can't tell me which sex I can marry
It's so scary the weird way that you watch
You can't tell me what toys I can play with
You can't tell me not to grow my crops
You can't tell me which sex I can marry
It's so scary the weird way that you watch
You can't tell me not to grow my crops
You can't tell me which sex I can marry
It's so scary the weird way that you watch
Straight out of Ponyville:
Motherfucker named Twilight
Don't call her Belle
Sweetie Belle raise hell and
Beat you in barfight she's unicorn
Horn got the force move
Shit around and teleport but she's a pony
That's a horse that will, but of course
Cavort for sport
Like Spike on Rarity, Clydesdale clarity
There's the horse that I hunger for:
Fluttershy got those butter
Thighs bumblesweet
But a little bit of mumblecore
Pinkemena is mean motherfucker pulling
Pranks with Rainbow Dash
And they don't give a fuck if your shit's
Fucked up they're gonna fall back and laugh
You can't tell me what toys I can play with
You can't tell me not to grow my crops
You can't tell me which sex I can marry
It's so scary the weird way that you watch
You know the type:
Make you think about suicide
They're so super hype
Then you know my pinkie pie so freakafied
Whatever sweets inside won't suffice
Dash is the lass with the rainbow mane
Pass so fast make you lose your cool
She's a mine detector, a cloud collector
When's the last time you
Heard a rainbow BOOM?
Every time somebody rocks a rainbow
Like R2 or Lucky Charms
They gotta get all aggro back in the backroom
Make sure nobody is doing anybody any harm
Bunch of baloney, just a bunch of ponies:
Save that horseshit for your barn
The only danger in this manger's
Finding friendship on the farm, what!
You can't tell me what toys I can play with
You can't tell me not to grow my crops
You can't tell me which sex I can marry
It's so scary the weird way that you watch
Don't talk smack, unless they force you
If it's Applejack
You might taste her horseshoe
Help out with the harvest if she requests it
Her heart is the part
That is heavily invested
Herd not a pack with
Some stand back dramatics
Don't panic: I'm gonna stampede
Through the static you heard that it's wack
Heard friendship is magic
Better than back in the paddock
Some ponies know their cutie marks
And some must crusade
Some people know their role in life
And some others must wait
I love My Little Pony
My Little Pony is great
I wish that people were ponies
Then life wouldn't be lame
You can't tell me what toys I can play with
You can't tell me not to grow my crops
You can't tell me which sex I can marry
It's so scary the weird way that you watch
You can't tell me what toys I can play with
You can't tell me not to grow my crops
You can't tell me which sex I can marry
It's so scary the weird way that you watch
You can't tell me what toys I can play with
You can't tell me not to grow my crops
You can't tell me which sex I can marry
It's so scary the weird way that you watch
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