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."
Now baby just take the time
To listen to me yeah
I'm tired of you talking
'Bout how you're gonna do your best
To try and make it up to me now if you can't see
That I love you then you ain't looking my way
If you don't know that I need you
Oh baby just take the time
To listen to me yeah
One day you're gonna call my name
And I won't come running
Maybe then you realise that I
Don't think you're worth my love
You're gonna lose
One day you're gonna call my name
And I won't come running
So don't act like you're surprised
No more lies in all the tears I cried
You shoulda seen it coming
I know we ain't lost the loving
That we once had I know its there somewhere
But what can I do when you
Acting like you just don't care
(I still believe) you're the one for me
And nobody else (you can't deny)
You feel the same way oh baby just take the time
To listen to me yeah 'cause one day
You're gonna call my name
And I won't come running
Maybe then you realise that I
Don't think you're worth my love
You're gonna lose
One day you're gonna call my name
And I won't come running
So don't act like you're surprised
No more lies in all the tears I cried
You shoulda seen it coming
Tell me you'll make that change
Show me your love still stands
It remains for me
You've had time enough
To show me all these things
Don't you dare think that I
Won't leave you with no-one
By your side
Had a fool, long enough
But she's gone and gotten tough
And she won't come running
To listen to me yeah
I'm tired of you talking
'Bout how you're gonna do your best
To try and make it up to me now if you can't see
That I love you then you ain't looking my way
If you don't know that I need you
Oh baby just take the time
To listen to me yeah
One day you're gonna call my name
And I won't come running
Maybe then you realise that I
Don't think you're worth my love
You're gonna lose
One day you're gonna call my name
And I won't come running
So don't act like you're surprised
No more lies in all the tears I cried
You shoulda seen it coming
I know we ain't lost the loving
That we once had I know its there somewhere
But what can I do when you
Acting like you just don't care
(I still believe) you're the one for me
And nobody else (you can't deny)
You feel the same way oh baby just take the time
To listen to me yeah 'cause one day
You're gonna call my name
And I won't come running
Maybe then you realise that I
Don't think you're worth my love
You're gonna lose
One day you're gonna call my name
And I won't come running
So don't act like you're surprised
No more lies in all the tears I cried
You shoulda seen it coming
Tell me you'll make that change
Show me your love still stands
It remains for me
You've had time enough
To show me all these things
Don't you dare think that I
Won't leave you with no-one
By your side
Had a fool, long enough
But she's gone and gotten tough
And she won't come running
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