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."
I know that you got somebody
Yeah, I got someone too
We don't have to stay unhappy
And do the shit we do
Baby, I wanna know your status
I see something big between us
Even if you got somebody
We're just a little bit better
I can never see me be bored by you
I can never be together and be bored by you
We got to get up and make this happen
No one's walking back home and I'm all alone
I can never do the things on my own
We got to get up and make this happen
People say
"Uh, uh don't do it C"
I just do what's on my mind
Baby, I wanna know your status
I see something big between us
Even if you got somebody
We're just a little bit better
I can never see me be bored by you
I can never be together and be bored by you
We got to get up and make this happen
No one's walking back home and I'm all alone
I can never do the things on my own
We got to get up and make this happen
I wanna be your Formula 1 driver
Hey girl, I want nobody in my front seat
Give you the number to my cell phone, girl
When you text me we meet the same day
When you ask me how we get it together
You know I told you we're a little bit better
When you ask me how we get it together
You know I told you we're a little bit better
"Hey what you saying C?"
We gotta stop being so god damn selfish
The dirty feet go
The clean hands go
I can never see me be bored by you
I can never be together and be bored by you
We got to get up and make this happen
No one's walking back home and I'm all alone
I can never do the things on my own
We got to get up and make this happen
Yeah, I got someone too
We don't have to stay unhappy
And do the shit we do
Baby, I wanna know your status
I see something big between us
Even if you got somebody
We're just a little bit better
I can never see me be bored by you
I can never be together and be bored by you
We got to get up and make this happen
No one's walking back home and I'm all alone
I can never do the things on my own
We got to get up and make this happen
People say
"Uh, uh don't do it C"
I just do what's on my mind
Baby, I wanna know your status
I see something big between us
Even if you got somebody
We're just a little bit better
I can never see me be bored by you
I can never be together and be bored by you
We got to get up and make this happen
No one's walking back home and I'm all alone
I can never do the things on my own
We got to get up and make this happen
I wanna be your Formula 1 driver
Hey girl, I want nobody in my front seat
Give you the number to my cell phone, girl
When you text me we meet the same day
When you ask me how we get it together
You know I told you we're a little bit better
When you ask me how we get it together
You know I told you we're a little bit better
"Hey what you saying C?"
We gotta stop being so god damn selfish
The dirty feet go
The clean hands go
I can never see me be bored by you
I can never be together and be bored by you
We got to get up and make this happen
No one's walking back home and I'm all alone
I can never do the things on my own
We got to get up and make this happen
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