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."
Yo, this right there
For all my girlfriends
Mine too
Tell me what is it that I gotta do, baby
For you to be my girlfriend?
And girl, I know you're tired of being that chick on the side
You wanna be the only girlfriend
You wanna be the one to say, ohh, ohh
The only one they bring it home too
So go on and tell me what is it you gonna do about me?
'Cause I can promise you, I know what I'ma do about you
(Do it)
You want a hot one to buy for ya ringtone
This'll be for my girlfriends
Fellas, she want something hot for her ringtone
Get this for ya girlfriends
And yo, for those that be treating their girl wrong
I might make her my girlfriend
If you don't pay attention to what she say about you
You better pay attention to what she saying 'bout me
It's 98 degrees, blazing hot, I'm at the summertime spot
And y'all ain't gonna believe these girls
(Walking 'round in them)
Bathing tops with them bottoms
That the G's like to come to the dirty south for
But there's one in particular dame, I remember
From the bank she work, in the drive through
She's saying boy, I bet you don't even remember me, I'm thinking
Who in the hell can forget about you?
She said, she came here with her girlfriends
And I'm looking at her thinking for so long I wanted to get at you
But I know you with your girlfriends
Ya, we can talk but not really in the way that I know I need to
Girl, I done heard you been through some things
(Some things)
No explainin', I already know, I wanna start by makin' it clear
That ain't got a thing to do with us
Tell me what it is that I gotta do, baby
For you to be my girlfriend?
And girl, I know you're tired of being that chick on the side
You wanna be the only girlfriend
You wanna be the only to say, ohh, ohh
The only one they bring it home to
So go on and tell me what it is you gonna do about me?
'Cause I can promise you I know what I'ma do about you
Tell me what it is that I gotta do, baby
For you to be my girlfriend?
And girl, I know you're tired of being that chick on the side
You wanna be the only girlfriend
You wanna be the only to say, ohh, ohh
The only one they bring it home to
So go on and tell me what it is you gonna do about me?
'Cause I can promise you I know what I'ma do about you
I ain't made love in a long time, am I makin' love tonight?
Shawty, if you got the answer, now put your hands up
Keep playin', girl, I'ma make you put your man up
Pull up in a phantom, inside sicker than cancer
She hopped from her seat, that's a private dancer
I said, boom, boom
Slow down, baby
Easy, baby
It's weezy, baby
I need a lady like Eva maybe
But if you get desperate, I'ma leave you, baby
I wouldn't lie to you, if you did, I'd tell you
I study when you pace 'cause I ain't tryna fail you
I'm just tryna feel you
Girl, lemme tell you
I can have you hoopin' and hollerin' like Mehalyu
I'ma keep you sittin' up, breathe 'em, remove your belt, yeah
Or better yet just tear ya up, I tell ya
Tell me what it is that I gotta do, baby
For you to be my girlfriend?
And girl, I know you're tired of being that chick on the side
You wanna be the only girlfriend
You wanna be the only to say, ohh, ohh
The only one they bring it home to
So go on and tell me what it is you gonna do about me?
'Cause I can promise you I know what I'ma do about you
This'll be for girls from the A, to the girls form New Orleans
To girls who ain't never felt love
This'll be the name in the song that I had to put on
Just to say I appreciate y'all
You know them girls out west, I can't forget
You know I love New York, I can't forget
And this'll be for every single girl in every single town
Didn't mention y'all but I ain't forget
(You gotta know if you my)
Girlfriend
(Best believe)
'Cause I'm the type of nigga you can come home and talk you
(I'm just saying if my)
Girlfriend, girl, was you, you would never have to deal
With what you dealing with now
Girl, I'ma give it to you straight with no chase
(No chase)
From the moment that I first saw you
I had to let you know the way
That your boy was feeling about you
Tell me what it is that I gotta do, baby
For you to be my girlfriend?
And girl, I know you're tired of being that chick on the side
You wanna be the only girlfriend
You wanna be the only to say, ohh, ohh
The only one they bring it home to
So go on and tell me what it is you gonna do about me?
'Cause I can promise you I know what I'ma do about you
This'll be for girls from the A, to the girls form New Orleans
To girls who ain't never felt love
This'll be the name in the song that I had to put on
Just to say I appreciate y'all
You know them girls out west, I can't forget
You know I love New York, I can't forget
And this'll be for every single girl in every single town
I didn't mention y'all but I ain't forget
(You gotta know if you my)
Girlfriend
For all my girlfriends
Mine too
Tell me what is it that I gotta do, baby
For you to be my girlfriend?
And girl, I know you're tired of being that chick on the side
You wanna be the only girlfriend
You wanna be the one to say, ohh, ohh
The only one they bring it home too
So go on and tell me what is it you gonna do about me?
'Cause I can promise you, I know what I'ma do about you
(Do it)
You want a hot one to buy for ya ringtone
This'll be for my girlfriends
Fellas, she want something hot for her ringtone
Get this for ya girlfriends
And yo, for those that be treating their girl wrong
I might make her my girlfriend
If you don't pay attention to what she say about you
You better pay attention to what she saying 'bout me
It's 98 degrees, blazing hot, I'm at the summertime spot
And y'all ain't gonna believe these girls
(Walking 'round in them)
Bathing tops with them bottoms
That the G's like to come to the dirty south for
But there's one in particular dame, I remember
From the bank she work, in the drive through
She's saying boy, I bet you don't even remember me, I'm thinking
Who in the hell can forget about you?
She said, she came here with her girlfriends
And I'm looking at her thinking for so long I wanted to get at you
But I know you with your girlfriends
Ya, we can talk but not really in the way that I know I need to
Girl, I done heard you been through some things
(Some things)
No explainin', I already know, I wanna start by makin' it clear
That ain't got a thing to do with us
Tell me what it is that I gotta do, baby
For you to be my girlfriend?
And girl, I know you're tired of being that chick on the side
You wanna be the only girlfriend
You wanna be the only to say, ohh, ohh
The only one they bring it home to
So go on and tell me what it is you gonna do about me?
'Cause I can promise you I know what I'ma do about you
Tell me what it is that I gotta do, baby
For you to be my girlfriend?
And girl, I know you're tired of being that chick on the side
You wanna be the only girlfriend
You wanna be the only to say, ohh, ohh
The only one they bring it home to
So go on and tell me what it is you gonna do about me?
'Cause I can promise you I know what I'ma do about you
I ain't made love in a long time, am I makin' love tonight?
Shawty, if you got the answer, now put your hands up
Keep playin', girl, I'ma make you put your man up
Pull up in a phantom, inside sicker than cancer
She hopped from her seat, that's a private dancer
I said, boom, boom
Slow down, baby
Easy, baby
It's weezy, baby
I need a lady like Eva maybe
But if you get desperate, I'ma leave you, baby
I wouldn't lie to you, if you did, I'd tell you
I study when you pace 'cause I ain't tryna fail you
I'm just tryna feel you
Girl, lemme tell you
I can have you hoopin' and hollerin' like Mehalyu
I'ma keep you sittin' up, breathe 'em, remove your belt, yeah
Or better yet just tear ya up, I tell ya
Tell me what it is that I gotta do, baby
For you to be my girlfriend?
And girl, I know you're tired of being that chick on the side
You wanna be the only girlfriend
You wanna be the only to say, ohh, ohh
The only one they bring it home to
So go on and tell me what it is you gonna do about me?
'Cause I can promise you I know what I'ma do about you
This'll be for girls from the A, to the girls form New Orleans
To girls who ain't never felt love
This'll be the name in the song that I had to put on
Just to say I appreciate y'all
You know them girls out west, I can't forget
You know I love New York, I can't forget
And this'll be for every single girl in every single town
Didn't mention y'all but I ain't forget
(You gotta know if you my)
Girlfriend
(Best believe)
'Cause I'm the type of nigga you can come home and talk you
(I'm just saying if my)
Girlfriend, girl, was you, you would never have to deal
With what you dealing with now
Girl, I'ma give it to you straight with no chase
(No chase)
From the moment that I first saw you
I had to let you know the way
That your boy was feeling about you
Tell me what it is that I gotta do, baby
For you to be my girlfriend?
And girl, I know you're tired of being that chick on the side
You wanna be the only girlfriend
You wanna be the only to say, ohh, ohh
The only one they bring it home to
So go on and tell me what it is you gonna do about me?
'Cause I can promise you I know what I'ma do about you
This'll be for girls from the A, to the girls form New Orleans
To girls who ain't never felt love
This'll be the name in the song that I had to put on
Just to say I appreciate y'all
You know them girls out west, I can't forget
You know I love New York, I can't forget
And this'll be for every single girl in every single town
I didn't mention y'all but I ain't forget
(You gotta know if you my)
Girlfriend
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