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."
Lonely lonely lonely Monday morning
Informer dem pon 'e at the scene
Alright alright yeah
Lonely lonely lonely Monday morning
Informer dem pon 'e at the scene
Alright alright
Police them come an' now they blow down me door,
One him come crawl through, through my window,
So then they put me in the back the car at the station,
From that point on me reach my destination,
When the destination reached, it was the east detention, where them
Whipped down me pants, looked up me bottom,
But me I can't no take the pressure man me can't take the pain
So babala babala boom a me say release the chain
Lonely lonely lonely Monday morning
And I didn't have no company
Alright alright yeah
Lonely lonely lonely Monday morning
Informer dem pon 'e at de corner
Alright alright yeah
Me and other man me say use one shower
Bigger they are they think they have more power,
They're pon the phone me say there for hour,
Me for want to use it once an' now me call me lover,
The lover who I'll be callin is the one Tamei,
An' me love her in me heart yes me down to my belly,
You never know say Daddy me Snow me are the article don.
Lonely lonely lonely Monday morning
And I didn't have no company
Alright alright yeah
Lonely lonely lonely Monday morning
Informer dem pon every corner
Alright alright yeah
Listen for me you better listen for me lord
Listen for me you better listen for me
When me rockin' the microphone me rock it steady,
You never know say Daddy me Snow me are the article don.
But in the in an' the out of a dance them they say where you come from,
Now people them say you come from Jamaica,
But me born an' raised in the ghetto that's the one I want you to know,
Pure black people mon that's all I mon know.
Yeah me shoes are tear up an' me toes used to show,
This in a de something that you must really know so
Lonely lonely lonely Monday morning
And I didn't have no company
Alright alright yeah
Lonely lonely lonely Monday morning
Informer dem pon every corner
Oh yeah yeah yeah alright yeah
So me come with a nice young lady.
Intelligent, yes she's gentle an' irie.
Everywhere me go, me never left her at all.
Yes, it's Daddy Snow me are the roam dance mon.
Roam between a dancin' in a in a nation-a.
You never know say Daddy me Snow me are the Boom Shakata.
Me never lay-a down flat in that one cardboard box.
Me I'll go reachin' at the top,
He say daddy me snow me have a singing lifestyle
Lonely lonely lonely Monday morning...
Informer dem pon 'e at the scene
Alright alright yeah
Lonely lonely lonely Monday morning
Informer dem pon 'e at the scene
Alright alright
Police them come an' now they blow down me door,
One him come crawl through, through my window,
So then they put me in the back the car at the station,
From that point on me reach my destination,
When the destination reached, it was the east detention, where them
Whipped down me pants, looked up me bottom,
But me I can't no take the pressure man me can't take the pain
So babala babala boom a me say release the chain
Lonely lonely lonely Monday morning
And I didn't have no company
Alright alright yeah
Lonely lonely lonely Monday morning
Informer dem pon 'e at de corner
Alright alright yeah
Me and other man me say use one shower
Bigger they are they think they have more power,
They're pon the phone me say there for hour,
Me for want to use it once an' now me call me lover,
The lover who I'll be callin is the one Tamei,
An' me love her in me heart yes me down to my belly,
You never know say Daddy me Snow me are the article don.
Lonely lonely lonely Monday morning
And I didn't have no company
Alright alright yeah
Lonely lonely lonely Monday morning
Informer dem pon every corner
Alright alright yeah
Listen for me you better listen for me lord
Listen for me you better listen for me
When me rockin' the microphone me rock it steady,
You never know say Daddy me Snow me are the article don.
But in the in an' the out of a dance them they say where you come from,
Now people them say you come from Jamaica,
But me born an' raised in the ghetto that's the one I want you to know,
Pure black people mon that's all I mon know.
Yeah me shoes are tear up an' me toes used to show,
This in a de something that you must really know so
Lonely lonely lonely Monday morning
And I didn't have no company
Alright alright yeah
Lonely lonely lonely Monday morning
Informer dem pon every corner
Oh yeah yeah yeah alright yeah
So me come with a nice young lady.
Intelligent, yes she's gentle an' irie.
Everywhere me go, me never left her at all.
Yes, it's Daddy Snow me are the roam dance mon.
Roam between a dancin' in a in a nation-a.
You never know say Daddy me Snow me are the Boom Shakata.
Me never lay-a down flat in that one cardboard box.
Me I'll go reachin' at the top,
He say daddy me snow me have a singing lifestyle
Lonely lonely lonely Monday morning...
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