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."
Sometime in the summer of '96
I was off on a road trip
A couple hundred bucks and a case of beer
Outside Panama City limits is where it all begins
2 a.m., I saw hazard lights
Appeared to be a dame distressed in the night
She was 5 foot 6 and damn she was built
I slammed on the brakes and got sideways and told her to get in
She said, "Where you headed, to the city?"
I said, "Yeah, I'm gonna have some fun"
She tossed back her hair in confidence
And said, "Mind if I come?"
2 days later we ain't left the room
Did all in there that we could think to do
I could see she was restless, so we hit the town
Ended up at a place where the windows read
Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here
Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here
Into the back she went and disappeared
Reappeared an hour later cheesing ear to ear
I thought, hell, I need to try and get back there
When she unzipped her pants and said, "Lookee here"
I gotta brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
I gotta brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
The blue is for the bruise that you left in my heart
And the red is for the color we're about to paint this town
Ooh, I gotta new tattoo
One week passed, woke up a day late for work
I found my good time gone and she took my shirt
Drove by all the places that we had been
There was one where the windows read
Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here
Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here
Into the back I went and disappeared
Reappeared an hour later cheesing ear to ear
I gotta brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
I gotta brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
The blue is for the bruise that you left in my heart
And the red is for the color we're 'bout to paint this town
Ooh, I gotta new tattoo
New tattoo
And I cannot forget
That smile when she said
I gotta brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
I gotta brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
The blue is for the bruise that you left in my heart
And the red is for the color we're about to paint this town
Ooh, I gotta new tattoo
New tattoo
I gotta brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
New tattoo
Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here
A new tattoo
Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here
I was off on a road trip
A couple hundred bucks and a case of beer
Outside Panama City limits is where it all begins
2 a.m., I saw hazard lights
Appeared to be a dame distressed in the night
She was 5 foot 6 and damn she was built
I slammed on the brakes and got sideways and told her to get in
She said, "Where you headed, to the city?"
I said, "Yeah, I'm gonna have some fun"
She tossed back her hair in confidence
And said, "Mind if I come?"
2 days later we ain't left the room
Did all in there that we could think to do
I could see she was restless, so we hit the town
Ended up at a place where the windows read
Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here
Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here
Into the back she went and disappeared
Reappeared an hour later cheesing ear to ear
I thought, hell, I need to try and get back there
When she unzipped her pants and said, "Lookee here"
I gotta brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
I gotta brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
The blue is for the bruise that you left in my heart
And the red is for the color we're about to paint this town
Ooh, I gotta new tattoo
One week passed, woke up a day late for work
I found my good time gone and she took my shirt
Drove by all the places that we had been
There was one where the windows read
Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here
Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here
Into the back I went and disappeared
Reappeared an hour later cheesing ear to ear
I gotta brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
I gotta brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
The blue is for the bruise that you left in my heart
And the red is for the color we're 'bout to paint this town
Ooh, I gotta new tattoo
New tattoo
And I cannot forget
That smile when she said
I gotta brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
I gotta brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
The blue is for the bruise that you left in my heart
And the red is for the color we're about to paint this town
Ooh, I gotta new tattoo
New tattoo
I gotta brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
New tattoo
Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here
A new tattoo
Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here
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"'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."
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