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."
No one else can ever
No one else can ever
No one else can ever
Yeah, uh
Yeah, uh
What did I
Do to deserve such a man so special in my life
So many days and nights
I get on the go while I sit and wait for mister right
Baby, then came you
Laidback with your sexy smile
When you move your body you just drive me wild
If you're feeling me, baby, tell me now
Because I want you, I want you
Baby, no one else
Can ever want you like I do
I'm feelin' love in the deepest fall, give you the
Keys and all
You even when helped me when the beef was on
Tell me what you feel
'Cause I'm feeling something real
I feel the same way, you make the Don say
Girl, I want you, girl, I need you
Can't you see
How this love affair would be good for you and me
'Cause baby, I swear no other man can do
The things that you do when you love me
Oh, baby, you're my lifetime fantasy
So smooth, love the way you walk
I just love to hear when you talk your talk
So if you're feeling me, baby, let me know
Because I want you, I want you
Baby, no one else
Can ever want you like I do
I'm feelin' love in the deepest fall, give you the
Keys and all
You even when helped me when the beef was on
Tell me what you feel
'Cause I'm feeling something real
I feel the same way, you make the Don say
Girl, I want you, girl, I need you, babe
Slow down, love
Don't you see me with my girl, what you thinkin' it
Was
I know you're used to seein' me in the clubs
Different chicks, sippin' Cris', just a million in
Dubs
But I've changed, only got eyes for her
Believe me, ain't no girl dividin' us
We could maybe elope, have a baby and all
'Cause I don't wanna be a player no more
Baby, no one else
Can ever want you like I do
I feel the same way, you make the Don say
Girl, I want you, girl, I need you
Tell me what you feel
'Cause I'm feeling something real
I feel the same way, you make the Don say
Girl, I want you, girl, I need you
Baby, no one else
Can ever want you like I do
I feel the same way, you make the Don say
Girl, I want you, girl, I need you
Tell me what you feel
'Cause I'm feeling something real
I feel the same way, you make the Don say
Girl, I want you, girl, I need you
Baby, baby, baby ,baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby
No one else can ever
No one else can ever
Yeah, uh
Yeah, uh
What did I
Do to deserve such a man so special in my life
So many days and nights
I get on the go while I sit and wait for mister right
Baby, then came you
Laidback with your sexy smile
When you move your body you just drive me wild
If you're feeling me, baby, tell me now
Because I want you, I want you
Baby, no one else
Can ever want you like I do
I'm feelin' love in the deepest fall, give you the
Keys and all
You even when helped me when the beef was on
Tell me what you feel
'Cause I'm feeling something real
I feel the same way, you make the Don say
Girl, I want you, girl, I need you
Can't you see
How this love affair would be good for you and me
'Cause baby, I swear no other man can do
The things that you do when you love me
Oh, baby, you're my lifetime fantasy
So smooth, love the way you walk
I just love to hear when you talk your talk
So if you're feeling me, baby, let me know
Because I want you, I want you
Baby, no one else
Can ever want you like I do
I'm feelin' love in the deepest fall, give you the
Keys and all
You even when helped me when the beef was on
Tell me what you feel
'Cause I'm feeling something real
I feel the same way, you make the Don say
Girl, I want you, girl, I need you, babe
Slow down, love
Don't you see me with my girl, what you thinkin' it
Was
I know you're used to seein' me in the clubs
Different chicks, sippin' Cris', just a million in
Dubs
But I've changed, only got eyes for her
Believe me, ain't no girl dividin' us
We could maybe elope, have a baby and all
'Cause I don't wanna be a player no more
Baby, no one else
Can ever want you like I do
I feel the same way, you make the Don say
Girl, I want you, girl, I need you
Tell me what you feel
'Cause I'm feeling something real
I feel the same way, you make the Don say
Girl, I want you, girl, I need you
Baby, no one else
Can ever want you like I do
I feel the same way, you make the Don say
Girl, I want you, girl, I need you
Tell me what you feel
'Cause I'm feeling something real
I feel the same way, you make the Don say
Girl, I want you, girl, I need you
Baby, baby, baby ,baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby
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