Pinkieton

[COMPANY]
Empires Admiral Howe’s got troops on the water
Thirty-two thousand troops in Neigh York harbor

[ENSEMBLE 1]
Thirty-two thousand troops in Neigh York harbor
When they surround our troops!
They surround our troops!
When they surround our troops!
[ENSEMBLE 2]
Thirty-two thousand troops in Neigh York harbor
They surround our troops!
They surround our troops!

[Pinkie]
As a foal on the farm I wished for a war
I knew that I was poor
I knew it was the only way to—

[Pinkie/Twilight/Spike/Zecora/Rainbow]
Rise up!

[Pinkie]
If they tell my story
I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or—

[Pinkie/Twilight/Spike/Zecora/Rainbow]
Rise up!

[Pinkie]
I will fight for this land
But there’s only one mare
Who can give us a command so we can—

[Pinkie/Twilight/Spike/Zecora/Rainbow]
Rise up!

[Pinkie]
Understand? It’s the only way to—

[Pinkie/Twilight/Spike/Zecora/Rainbow]
Rise up! Rise up!

[Pinkie]
Here she comes!

[ENSEMBLE]
Here comes the Princess!

[Twilight]
Mares and gentlecolts!

[ENSEMBLE]
Here comes the Princess!

[Twilight]
The moment you’ve been waiting for!

[ENSEMBLE]
Here comes the Princess!

[Twilight]
The pride of Mount Vernon!

[ENSEMBLE]
Here comes the Princess!

[Twilight]
Princess Celestia!

[Celestia]
We are outgunned
Outmanned
Outnumbered
Outplanned
We gotta make an all out stand
Ayo, I’m gonna need a right-hoof mare.

[ENSEMBLE]
What?
What?
Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!

Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!

[Celestia]
Check it—
Can I be real a second?
For just a millisecond?
Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second?
Now I’m the model of a modern major general
The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all
Lining up, to put me up on a pedestal
Writin’ letters to relatives
Embellishin’ my elegance and eloquence
But the elephant is in the room
The truth is in ya face when ya hear the Empires cannons go…

[ENSEMBLE]
Boom!

[Celestia]
Any hope of success is fleeting
How can I keep leading when the people I’m
Leading keep retreating?
We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take Brooklyn
Knight takes rook, but look
We are outgunned
Outmanned
Outnumbered
Outplanned
We gotta make an all out stand
Ayo, I’m gonna need a right-hoof mare
Incoming!
[ENSEMBLE]
What?
What?
Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!

Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!

[Pinkie]
They’re battering down the Battery check the damages

[Rainbow]
Rah!

[Pinkie]
We gotta stop ‘em and rob ‘em of their advantages

[Rainbow]
Rah!

[Pinkie]
Let’s take a stand with the stamina the Gods has granted us
Pinkie Pie won’t abandon ship
Yo, let’s steal their cannons—

[Rainbow]
Shh-boom!
[COMPANY]
Boom!

[Celestia]
Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray and…

[COMPANY]
Boom!

[Celestia]
Goes the cannon, we’re abandonin’ Kips Bay and…

[COMPANY]
Boom!

[Celestia]
There’s another ship and…

[COMPANY]
Boom!

[Celestia]
We just lost the southern tip and…

[COMPANY]
Boom!

[Celestia]
We gotta run to Harlem quick, we can’t afford another slip
Guns and horses giddyup
I decide to divvy up
My forces, they’re skittish as the British cut the city up
This close to giving up, facing mad scrutiny
I scream in the face of this mass mutiny:
Are these the men with which I am to defend America?
We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance
I cannot be everywhere at once, people
I’m in dire need of assistance…

[Twilight]
Your excellency, mam!

[Celestia]
Who are you?

[Twilight]
Twilight Sparkle, Mam?
Permission to state my case?

[Celestia]
As you were

[Twilight]
Sir
I was a captain under General Montgomery
Until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec
And well, in summary
I think that I could be of some assistance
I admire how you keep firing on the British
From a distance

[Celestia]
Huh

[Twilight]
I have some questions, a couple of suggestions on how to fight instead of fleeing west

[Celestia]
Yes?

[Twilight]
Well—

[Pinkie]
Your excellency, you wanted to see me?

[Celestia]
Pinkie, come in, have you met Twilight?

[Pinkie]
Yes, mam

[Pinkie & Twilight]
We keep meeting

[Twilight]
As I was saying, mam, I look forward to seeing your strategy play out

[Celestia]
Twilight?

[Twilight]
Sir?

[Celestia]
Close the door on your way out

[Pinkie]
Have I done something wrong, mam?

[Celestia]
On the contrary
I called you here because our odds are beyond scary
Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh

[Pinkie]
Mam?

[Celestia]
Pinkie Pie, how come no one can get you on their staff?

[Pinkie]
Mam!

[Celestia]
Don’t get me wrong, you’re a young man of great renown
I know you stole Sombras cannons when we were still downtown
Nathaniel Green and Henry Knox wanted to hire you…

[Pinkie]
To be their Secretary? I don’t think so

[Celestia]
Why’re you upset?

[Pinkie]
I’m not—

[Celestia]
It’s alright, you want to fight, you’ve got a hunger
I was just like you when I was younger
Head full of fantasies of dyin’ like a martyr?

[Pinkie]
Yes

[Celestia]
Dying is easy, young mare. Living is harder

[Pinkie]
Why are you telling me this?

[Celestia]
I’m being honest
I’m working with a third of what our Congress has promised
We are a powder keg about to explode
I need someone like you to lighten the load. So?

[COMPANY ]
I am not throwin’ away my shot!
I am not throwin’ away my shot!
Ayo, I’m just like my country, I’m young
Scrappy and hungry!

[Pinkie]
I am not throwing away my shot!

[Celestia]
Filly

[Celestia & COMPANY]
We are outgunned, outmanned!

[Pinkie]
You need all the help you can get
I have some friends. Spike, Rainbow
Zecora, okay, what else?

[Celestia & COMPANY]
Outnumbered, outplanned!

[Pinkie]
We’ll need some spies on the inside
Some King’s men who might let some things slide
I’ll write to Congress and tell ‘em we need supplies, you rally the guys,
Master the element of surprise
I’ll rise above my station, organize your information, ‘til we rise to the occasion of our new nation. Mam! [COMPANY]
Boom!

Chicka-boom!

SCHUYLER SISTERS/WOMEN]
Whoa, whoa, whoa...

Whoa, whoa, whoa...

Whoa, whoa, whoa…
[ENSEMBLE]
Here comes the Princess!

[Pinkie]
Rise up!

[Spike/Zecora/Rainbow]
What?

[ENSEMBLE]
Here comes the Princess!

[Pinkie/SCHUYLER SISTERS/WOMEN]
Rise up!

[Spike/Zecora/Rainbow]
What?

[ENSEMBLE]
Here comes the Princess!

[Pinkie/SCHUYLER SISTERS]
Rise up!

[Spike/Zecora/Rainbow]
What?

[COMPANY]
Here comes the Princess!

[Pinkie]
What?

[Celestia]
And her right hoof mare!

[COMPANY]
Boom!