(Note: Sung to the tune of Into The Woods's "I Know Things Now")

Sung by Applejack

The Carousel Boutique was failing, no matter how Applejack saw it. The dresses she was making were simply not good enough for the big market.

But that's exactly what Applejack had been doing her whole life. She must have at least gotten the hang of it!

...Right?

Mah mark said,
"Make a dress"
Knock somethin' up,
But it's a mess!

Ah just can't make it
Frou-frou none...
It's what Ah always done!

Shoulda seen some things,
Many beautiful things,
But Ah can't recall what they were...

Ah can't help but think,
Did Ah do somethin' else?
Naw, Ah can't have done
Mah life's dresses and belts!

But it sorta feels depressing-
Well, depressing and bleak.

When Ah stitch this dress
Like Ah'm under duress
How could Ah know that it looks bad?
Gotta eat next week,
Money-wise, it's bleak...
Well, depressing and bleak.

So Ah work mah flank
And Ah wonder perhaps,
Is mah true destiny
Somethin' involvin' a farm...or maybe not...?

Because everything familiar
Seemed to draw a blank forever,
At the end of the day
Sewin' machine's broke again!

But mah cutie mark says
Ah've always done this since mah birth,
So then why does everything,
Look just way plain and drab?

Yet Ah sew things now,
Many valuable things,
Tryin' not to lose the store...

Ah'm losin' mah faith
Cos yah know what Ah think?
The life Ah selected
It totally stinks!

Cos mah work's too plain for parties,
And Ah don't believe in arty
And though all mah work is functional
That there's different than "good".

But Ah know:
You should to,
Mah mark says,
It's what Ah do.
Why do Ah suck, but sew a lot?
Like mah destiny's not...

Author's Note

Based on the episode "Magical Mystery Cure"

As (sort of) requested by Ugly-Duckling123