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1	The Big Picture	8:42
2	Method Acting	3:42
3	False Advertising Bassoon – Margret FishFrench Horn – Julee DunekackeTrombone – Jason Flatowicz	5:52
4	You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will.	3:25
5	Lover I Don't Have To Love	4:00
6	Bowl Of Oranges	4:48
7	Don't Know When But A Day Is Gonna Come	6:31
8	Nothing Gets Crossed Out	4:34
9	Make War Electric Guitar – Ted StevensHarmonica – Sean Cole	6:16
10	Waste Of Paint	6:29
11	From A Balance Beam Piano – Chris Brooks	3:40
12	Laura Laurent	4:56
13	Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and to Be Loved) Bassoon – Margret FishHarmonica – Sean ColeTrombone – Jason Flatowicz	10:06

Credits

• Bass – Casey Scott (tracks: 3, 8, 9, 12, 13), Matt Maginn (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 11)
• Cello – Gretta Cohn (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 12)
• Drums – Matt Focht (tracks: 2 to 4, 11 to 13)
• Engineer – Andy LeMaster, Mike Mogis
• Featuring – Clark Baechle (tracks: 2 to 9, 11 to 13), Clay Leverett (tracks: 2 to 4, 10 to 13), Jiha Lee (tracks: 3, 6, 8, 11), Maria Taylor (tracks: 2 to 4, 8, 12, 13), Orenda Fink (tracks: 2. 3, 6, 11, 13)
• Oboe – Katie Muth (tracks: 3, 6, 8, 12)
• Violin – Tiffany Kowalski (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 12)

Notes

Conor Oberst: Guitar, Piano, Rhodes, Organ, Vocals

Mike Mogis also performs Banjo, Bells, Hammer Dulcimer, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Mandolin, Electric Guitar, Doboro and Pedal Steel on 2 to 9, 11 to 13.
Andy LeMaster also performs Electric Guitar, Keyboards and Vocals on 2 to 4, 6 to 8, 11.
Clark Baechle performs Drums on 2 to 9, 11 to 13 and Clarinet on 3, 6, 8.
Clay Leverett performs Drums on 2 to 9, 11 to 13 and Background Vocals on 10.
Jiha lee performs Flute and Vocals.
Maria Taylor performs Piano, Organ and Vocals.
Orenda Fink performs Trumpet and Vocals.

Choir on track 3 are: Clark Baechle, Todd Baechle, Orenda Fink, Jiha lee, Andy LeMaster, A.J. Mogis and Maria Taylor.
Country Choir on track 9 are: Robb Bass, Andy LeMaster, Mike Mogis and Jeff Tafolla.
Drunk Choir on track 12 are 'everyone that was drinking at Duffy's and O'Rourke's that night'.

Horn and String Arrangements by Andy LeMaster, Mike Mogis, Conor Oberst, and the players.

All songs written by Conor Oberst

Mixed by Mike Mogis
Mastered by Doug Can Sloan

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 5 055036 260343>
• Barcode (Scan): 5055036260343
• Matrix / Runout: SONOPRESS (logo) 512821167/WEBB034 21
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI LB 46
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 0723

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LBJ-46	Bright Eyes	Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground ‎(CD, Album)	Saddle Creek	LBJ-46	US	2002
WEBB034 CD, EFA CD 21977	Bright Eyes	Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground ‎(CD, Album)	Wichita, EFA	WEBB034 CD, EFA CD 21977	Europe	2002
LBJ-46	Bright Eyes	Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground ‎(CD, Album)	Saddle Creek	LBJ-46	US	2002
LBJ-46	Bright Eyes	Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground ‎(2xLP, Album)	Saddle Creek	LBJ-46	US	2002
LBJ-236	Bright Eyes	Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground ‎(Cass, Album)	Saddle Creek	LBJ-236	US	2016