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."
Ohh girl the way you do me in the morning
Ohh girl the way you love me all night long
Work my love around and make it all come down
You give me that tasty love mmmm girl
Make it feel so good only you could give me that tasty love, oh yes
Ohh girl you touch a special part of me a part no one else has ever seen
Ohh girl such a feeling that is so intense I have no defense
Girl when you look at me I can tell you see right through me
Cause I loose control of my heart and soul
Girl when you're next to me your sensitivity inside you gets me yearning
Darling, when its right its right it's alright
Darling, keep it there right there ooh yeah
[Chorus]
Ohh girl the way you do me in the morning
Ohh girl the way you love me all night long
Work my love around and make it all come down
You give me that tasty love mmmm
The way you rub me down soothes me all around
You give me that tasty love ohh girl
[Repeat x2]
Girl you drive me crazy
The love you give is tasty
Ooh girl you can pull love out of me you can take it so easily
Ooh ohh girl I surrender to your will every part of me you can fulfill
Ohh what an awesome lover there could never be no other to do lovin' the way you do
Ohh I just can hold back once you get me going going girl I'm gone gone gone
Darling when its right its right it's alright
Darling keep it there right there ooh yeah
[Chorus]
[Repeatx2]
Girl you drive me crazy (yes you do)
You know the love you give me is tasty
(Work my love around) can you work work work it around
Tasty love
I like what you're doing why don't you c'mon and make me feel good
(Make me feel so good)
You know you know you could get that tasty love
Ohh baby, girl don't you know you're driving me crazy yes you are
Ohh the love you're giving me is so tasty
Girl you drive me crazy yeah
The love you give is so tasty yeah
(Work my love around) C'mon and work it around
Give me that tasty love
Would you give it to me? Ohh why don't you make me (Make me feel so good)
Ohh give me that tasty love
Ohh ohh ohh ohh
Girl you driving me crazy yes you are
You know the love you give is tasty
Girl you drive me crazy
You know all the love you give to me is tasty
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
Ohh girl the way you love me all night long
Work my love around and make it all come down
You give me that tasty love mmmm girl
Make it feel so good only you could give me that tasty love, oh yes
Ohh girl you touch a special part of me a part no one else has ever seen
Ohh girl such a feeling that is so intense I have no defense
Girl when you look at me I can tell you see right through me
Cause I loose control of my heart and soul
Girl when you're next to me your sensitivity inside you gets me yearning
Darling, when its right its right it's alright
Darling, keep it there right there ooh yeah
[Chorus]
Ohh girl the way you do me in the morning
Ohh girl the way you love me all night long
Work my love around and make it all come down
You give me that tasty love mmmm
The way you rub me down soothes me all around
You give me that tasty love ohh girl
[Repeat x2]
Girl you drive me crazy
The love you give is tasty
Ooh girl you can pull love out of me you can take it so easily
Ooh ohh girl I surrender to your will every part of me you can fulfill
Ohh what an awesome lover there could never be no other to do lovin' the way you do
Ohh I just can hold back once you get me going going girl I'm gone gone gone
Darling when its right its right it's alright
Darling keep it there right there ooh yeah
[Chorus]
[Repeatx2]
Girl you drive me crazy (yes you do)
You know the love you give me is tasty
(Work my love around) can you work work work it around
Tasty love
I like what you're doing why don't you c'mon and make me feel good
(Make me feel so good)
You know you know you could get that tasty love
Ohh baby, girl don't you know you're driving me crazy yes you are
Ohh the love you're giving me is so tasty
Girl you drive me crazy yeah
The love you give is so tasty yeah
(Work my love around) C'mon and work it around
Give me that tasty love
Would you give it to me? Ohh why don't you make me (Make me feel so good)
Ohh give me that tasty love
Ohh ohh ohh ohh
Girl you driving me crazy yes you are
You know the love you give is tasty
Girl you drive me crazy
You know all the love you give to me is tasty
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
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