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."
I could take the pitchfork from the devil
Keep a super suit like I’m incredible
From the deep, blue sea to the dark, blue sky
I’m the baddest man alive
I’d grab a crocodile by his tail
Handcuff the judge, and throw the cops in jail
Make the meanest woman break down and cry
I’m the baddest man alive
I’m the baddest man alive
I take no mess, and I take no jive
Sometimes I feel like I can fly
I’m the baddest man alive
I’m the baddest man alive
Not bad meaning bad, but I’m bad meaning good
Say my name three times, and you knock on wood
Candy man walks, I terrorize your hood
Flashing macs on a cop, the way a gangster should
I snatch food from the mouth of a tiger
Take a gasoline bath, and I walk through fire
Bear hug a grizzly, suck milk from her titty
Take the sergeant hat from his head and use it for a Frisbee
Spit in a crocodiles face, have a menage a trois with two female apes
Then sleep in a barrel of butcher knives
I drink honey straight from the beehive
Bungee jumping off the Empire State butt-naked
Rollerblade across the Golden Gate, butt-naked
I’m the baddest man alive, and I don’t ṗlan to die
When the grim reaper come, I look him right in his eye
I bust off in the face of the witch of the East
Tell a great white shark to go and brush his teeth, heh heh heh
I’m the man who stole the golden fleece
And I date rape Beauty right in front of the Beast
The baddest man alive, and I don’t plan to die
I’m the baddest man alive
I take no mess, and I take no jive
Sometimes I feel like I can fly
I’m the baddest man alive
I’m the baddest man alive
Keep a super suit like I’m incredible
From the deep, blue sea to the dark, blue sky
I’m the baddest man alive
I’d grab a crocodile by his tail
Handcuff the judge, and throw the cops in jail
Make the meanest woman break down and cry
I’m the baddest man alive
I’m the baddest man alive
I take no mess, and I take no jive
Sometimes I feel like I can fly
I’m the baddest man alive
I’m the baddest man alive
Not bad meaning bad, but I’m bad meaning good
Say my name three times, and you knock on wood
Candy man walks, I terrorize your hood
Flashing macs on a cop, the way a gangster should
I snatch food from the mouth of a tiger
Take a gasoline bath, and I walk through fire
Bear hug a grizzly, suck milk from her titty
Take the sergeant hat from his head and use it for a Frisbee
Spit in a crocodiles face, have a menage a trois with two female apes
Then sleep in a barrel of butcher knives
I drink honey straight from the beehive
Bungee jumping off the Empire State butt-naked
Rollerblade across the Golden Gate, butt-naked
I’m the baddest man alive, and I don’t ṗlan to die
When the grim reaper come, I look him right in his eye
I bust off in the face of the witch of the East
Tell a great white shark to go and brush his teeth, heh heh heh
I’m the man who stole the golden fleece
And I date rape Beauty right in front of the Beast
The baddest man alive, and I don’t plan to die
I’m the baddest man alive
I take no mess, and I take no jive
Sometimes I feel like I can fly
I’m the baddest man alive
I’m the baddest man alive
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
The Baddest Man Alive Lyrics as written by Patrick Carney Dan Auerbach
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group
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