Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Watch your children round the
Abandoned well don't ask
Me to tell if they
Slipped and fell I'm just a
Salesman with my
Suitcase in hand and the
The perfect plan that you'll
Pull me out
Another day, another night, another year,
Another smile, another lie, another tear
It's bad enough this is all I've got
I never thought I'd end up here
Jingle jangle that's the
Sound of coins spent on
Useless toys made for
Useless boys I'm just a
Salesman with my
Suitcase in hand there's a
A piece of land that I got my eye on
Another day, another night, another year,
Another smile, another lie, another tear
It's bad enough this is all I've got
I never thought I'd end up here
Friday night I'll raise my
Glass and say tomorrow
Things will change I can't
Afford to wait but by
Monday morning my alarm clock knows
How this story goes
And the endings the same as the start
Another day, another night, another year,
Another smile, another lie, another tear
It's bad enough this is all I've got
I never thought I'd end up here
Another day, another night, another year,
Another smile, another lie, another tear
It's bad enough this is all I've got
I never thought I'd end up here
Watch your children around the
Abandoned well don't ask
Me to tell if they
Slipped and fell I'm just
A salesman with my
Suitcase in hand there's a
A perfect plan that I'm
Working on, that I'm
Working on, that I'm
Working on
Abandoned well don't ask
Me to tell if they
Slipped and fell I'm just a
Salesman with my
Suitcase in hand and the
The perfect plan that you'll
Pull me out
Another day, another night, another year,
Another smile, another lie, another tear
It's bad enough this is all I've got
I never thought I'd end up here
Jingle jangle that's the
Sound of coins spent on
Useless toys made for
Useless boys I'm just a
Salesman with my
Suitcase in hand there's a
A piece of land that I got my eye on
Another day, another night, another year,
Another smile, another lie, another tear
It's bad enough this is all I've got
I never thought I'd end up here
Friday night I'll raise my
Glass and say tomorrow
Things will change I can't
Afford to wait but by
Monday morning my alarm clock knows
How this story goes
And the endings the same as the start
Another day, another night, another year,
Another smile, another lie, another tear
It's bad enough this is all I've got
I never thought I'd end up here
Another day, another night, another year,
Another smile, another lie, another tear
It's bad enough this is all I've got
I never thought I'd end up here
Watch your children around the
Abandoned well don't ask
Me to tell if they
Slipped and fell I'm just
A salesman with my
Suitcase in hand there's a
A perfect plan that I'm
Working on, that I'm
Working on, that I'm
Working on
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Jingle Jangle Lyrics as written by Dustin Patrick Hawthorne Dante Decaro
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I feel like he's saying "This better not be all I got" not "It's bad enough this is all I've got."
I think it's pretty much mocking the business lifestyle and the repetition. The old fashion artist holds contempt for conformist business robot.. that's my take.
"This better not be all i got" is the lyric, not "It's bad enough this is all I've got" This song is amazing.I could not get enough of it when i first got the album.
Burninator's right, it's "This better not be all I got." and "you'll pull me out" should be "should pull me out."
Is this very Willy Loman to anyone else?
VERY Willy Loman.
Wow I love this song, one of the best on the album. reminds me of Mr.Cellophane from Chicago.
ha, it's great. i think it's about a guy who wants to make more out of his life instead of being a salesman.
ha, it's great. i think it's about a guy who wants to make more out of his life instead of being a salesman.
I absolutely love this song. It actually has a tendency to bring me to tears on occasion. The song is a narrative about a man who never really made anything of himself even though he felt he would. He wants to change but he really just does not have it in him. He sees himself as completely unimportant and just sorta blending in with the background of life. Sad story really..