| Song | Desert Island Questionnaire |
| Artist | Conor Oberst |
| Album | Upside Down Mountain |
| Say that you were stranded on a desert island | |
| What books you gonna bring what friends would tag along | |
| Say you had a month and you knew you were dying | |
| How would you spend your time | |
| What goodbyes would take too long | |
| You don't like this game and you take exception | |
| Who wants all this trouble even hypothetical | |
| With the charging sky above | |
| And the ground below that could swallow everyone | |
| Staring at your phone at another party | |
| Spend a lot on clothes got a lot of skin to show | |
| People in the pool like the drowning army | |
| Smoke along the moats and the hotel lobby glows | |
| Wish that you can dance but you've got no partner | |
| Keep tapping on your glass because you want to make a toast | |
| To the ennui of our times | |
| To the selfishness in everyone you know | |
| Made a lot of friends but they can't be trusted | |
| Don't know what their angle is | |
| Post up at the bar and I’m double fisted | |
| Talking to a mannequin | |
| I don't know what it means when he takes my pulse | |
| And says that I'm a lot like him | |
| I say that's fair enough that's why I'm trying to loosen up | |
| Every lunatic must be well intentioned | |
| Sets himself apart he's an instrument of god | |
| Took her from the playground to the farmhouse cellar | |
| Kissed her while he killed her like a good Samaritan | |
| They finally found her body many Autumns after | |
| Interviewed her mother who said she'd now be 21 | |
| And although we lost her young | |
| I know the good lord has a plan for all of us | |
| Mormons at the door they are clean and handsome | |
| Always have a good sales pitch | |
| Your little sisters swears that she can take my order | |
| But I can't take her serious | |
| Need something to bring | |
| For this human nature is not what this condition is | |
| I'm so bored with my life but I'm still afraid to die | |
| Everyone's asleep in this burning building | |
| And I can't wake them up in time | |
| You go on ahead I'll be right behind you | |
| I'm headed to the finish line | |
| I can't ignore the sun until this is over | |
| Pretend that you were stranded on a desert island | |
| What would be the message that you'd spell out for the plane | |
| Say the engine failed when that plane was flying | |
| If you were the pilot would you curse or would you pray | |
| No one's gonna cry at this John Doe funeral | |
| Not a lot to say did it even have a name | |
| Light a candle just in case he was someone's friend | |
| Throw some flowers on the grave |
| Say that you were stranded on a desert island | |
| What books you gonna bring what friends would tag along | |
| Say you had a month and you knew you were dying | |
| How would you spend your time | |
| What goodbyes would take too long | |
| You don' t like this game and you take exception | |
| Who wants all this trouble even hypothetical | |
| With the charging sky above | |
| And the ground below that could swallow everyone | |
| Staring at your phone at another party | |
| Spend a lot on clothes got a lot of skin to show | |
| People in the pool like the drowning army | |
| Smoke along the moats and the hotel lobby glows | |
| Wish that you can dance but you' ve got no partner | |
| Keep tapping on your glass because you want to make a toast | |
| To the ennui of our times | |
| To the selfishness in everyone you know | |
| Made a lot of friends but they can' t be trusted | |
| Don' t know what their angle is | |
| Post up at the bar and I' m double fisted | |
| Talking to a mannequin | |
| I don' t know what it means when he takes my pulse | |
| And says that I' m a lot like him | |
| I say that' s fair enough that' s why I' m trying to loosen up | |
| Every lunatic must be well intentioned | |
| Sets himself apart he' s an instrument of god | |
| Took her from the playground to the farmhouse cellar | |
| Kissed her while he killed her like a good Samaritan | |
| They finally found her body many Autumns after | |
| Interviewed her mother who said she' d now be 21 | |
| And although we lost her young | |
| I know the good lord has a plan for all of us | |
| Mormons at the door they are clean and handsome | |
| Always have a good sales pitch | |
| Your little sisters swears that she can take my order | |
| But I can' t take her serious | |
| Need something to bring | |
| For this human nature is not what this condition is | |
| I' m so bored with my life but I' m still afraid to die | |
| Everyone' s asleep in this burning building | |
| And I can' t wake them up in time | |
| You go on ahead I' ll be right behind you | |
| I' m headed to the finish line | |
| I can' t ignore the sun until this is over | |
| Pretend that you were stranded on a desert island | |
| What would be the message that you' d spell out for the plane | |
| Say the engine failed when that plane was flying | |
| If you were the pilot would you curse or would you pray | |
| No one' s gonna cry at this John Doe funeral | |
| Not a lot to say did it even have a name | |
| Light a candle just in case he was someone' s friend | |
| Throw some flowers on the grave |