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."
Bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm
I can hear 'em say
Bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm
All my soldiers say
Bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm
If you wit me go
Bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Can we make it to de top and den the world will see we shine woah shine woah
And then the world we see will look at you jump on that grind woah, grind woah
Bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm
I can hear 'em say
Bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm
All my soldiers say
Bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm
If you wit me go
Bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Say it
I'm marching with the army of kids
All my soldiers in the streets raise your arms like this
Miss America we are, we here for the crown
If you not digging the movement, kick ground
I do one for the teams who crowding in each town
And I'mma hold it down, they do it for me now
The beat, it's a drummer boy, hot like the summer boy
In the streets I ain't eat for weeks, I got hunger boy
I can feel it in my pain hear it in my voice
I'm the leader of the ghetto youse girls and boys
Kingston, Jamaica yeah they know my back
Where my jack
Right, yeah we move like that
Can we make it to de top and den the world will see we shine woah shine woah
And then the world we see will look at you jump on that grind woah, grind woah
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm
I can hear 'em say
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm
All my soldiers say
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm
If you wit me go
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm (Yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Sing
Then the world if we make it they wanna bring us down
But we here if we take it, yeah it's ours now!
Ochiree is on pay
Put my killers on play
Kingston, the last name and that's what yo boys say
Yeah, we kickin' doors down, who want what?
Yeah, we ready fo war now, we scrapped up!
World boys shot us like pigs in fences
This ain't a movie and I ain't pretendin'
Try to tell 'em but they can't comprehend it
No more bahm bahm bahm bahm
Yeah, it's all authentic!
March wit me let me show you the passage
At the end of the tunnel where the lights is flashin' Hey!
Can we make it to de top and den the world will see we shine woah shine woah
And then the world we see will look at you jump on that grind woah, grind woah
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm
I can hear 'em say
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm
All my soldiers say
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm
If you wit me go
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm (Yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Get up and
Stand up and
Fight for yo rights!
Make the most so
Them can't take the light
Get up and
Stand up and
Fight for yo rights!
Two soldiers are my chore tonight
Get up and
Stand up and
Fight for yo rights!
Make the most so
Them can't take the light
Get up and
Stand up and
Fight for yo rights!
Two soldiers are my chore tonight
Can we make it to de top and den the world will see we shine woah shine woah
And then the world we see will look at you jump on that grind woah, grind woah
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm
I can hear 'em say
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm
All my soldiers say
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm
If you wit me go
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm (Yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Sing
I can hear 'em say
Bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm
All my soldiers say
Bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm
If you wit me go
Bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Can we make it to de top and den the world will see we shine woah shine woah
And then the world we see will look at you jump on that grind woah, grind woah
Bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm
I can hear 'em say
Bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm
All my soldiers say
Bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm
If you wit me go
Bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm, bahm (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Say it
I'm marching with the army of kids
All my soldiers in the streets raise your arms like this
Miss America we are, we here for the crown
If you not digging the movement, kick ground
I do one for the teams who crowding in each town
And I'mma hold it down, they do it for me now
The beat, it's a drummer boy, hot like the summer boy
In the streets I ain't eat for weeks, I got hunger boy
I can feel it in my pain hear it in my voice
I'm the leader of the ghetto youse girls and boys
Kingston, Jamaica yeah they know my back
Where my jack
Right, yeah we move like that
Can we make it to de top and den the world will see we shine woah shine woah
And then the world we see will look at you jump on that grind woah, grind woah
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm
I can hear 'em say
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm
All my soldiers say
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm
If you wit me go
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm (Yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Sing
Then the world if we make it they wanna bring us down
But we here if we take it, yeah it's ours now!
Ochiree is on pay
Put my killers on play
Kingston, the last name and that's what yo boys say
Yeah, we kickin' doors down, who want what?
Yeah, we ready fo war now, we scrapped up!
World boys shot us like pigs in fences
This ain't a movie and I ain't pretendin'
Try to tell 'em but they can't comprehend it
No more bahm bahm bahm bahm
Yeah, it's all authentic!
March wit me let me show you the passage
At the end of the tunnel where the lights is flashin' Hey!
Can we make it to de top and den the world will see we shine woah shine woah
And then the world we see will look at you jump on that grind woah, grind woah
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm
I can hear 'em say
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm
All my soldiers say
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm
If you wit me go
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm (Yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Get up and
Stand up and
Fight for yo rights!
Make the most so
Them can't take the light
Get up and
Stand up and
Fight for yo rights!
Two soldiers are my chore tonight
Get up and
Stand up and
Fight for yo rights!
Make the most so
Them can't take the light
Get up and
Stand up and
Fight for yo rights!
Two soldiers are my chore tonight
Can we make it to de top and den the world will see we shine woah shine woah
And then the world we see will look at you jump on that grind woah, grind woah
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm
I can hear 'em say
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm
All my soldiers say
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm
If you wit me go
Bahm bahm bahm bahm bahm (Yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Sing
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Drummer Boy Lyrics as written by Jonathan Rotem Kisean Anderson
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