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."
Just tell me his name
Just tell me you didn't get laid on our bedroom
And was it the same
Just tell me if his dick is bigger than mine
Do you remember the way it was when I was home
Before I left you all alone
I want to be eighty on the porch drinking lemonade with you
And its all that I can think about
Since you told me that you cheated
Eighty on the porch drinking lemonade with you
And its all that I can think about
Since you told me that you cheated on me
I knew that you would
I knew coz you told me in front of your family
And I did the same
So I guess that I should take half of the blame
Do you remember the way it was for us
Before all of the blow jobs on the bus
I want to be eighty on the porch drinking lemonade with you
And its all that I can think about
Since you told me that you cheated
Eighty on the porch drinking lemonade with you
And its all that I can think about
Since you told me that you cheated
Told me that you cheated on me
What should I care about a number
What should it matter to me
But are you out of love with no one
And now I know the end is here
Coz you replaced me
Just tell me his name
Just tell me you didn't get laid in our bedroom
Just tell me his name
Just tell me if his dick is bigger than mine
Just tell me his name
Just tell me you didn't get laid in our bedroom
Just tell me his name
Just tell me you didn't get laid on our bedroom
Just tell me his name
Just tell me if his dick is bigger than mine
Tell me that you cheated
Tell me that you cheated on me
Just tell me you didn't get laid on our bedroom
And was it the same
Just tell me if his dick is bigger than mine
Do you remember the way it was when I was home
Before I left you all alone
I want to be eighty on the porch drinking lemonade with you
And its all that I can think about
Since you told me that you cheated
Eighty on the porch drinking lemonade with you
And its all that I can think about
Since you told me that you cheated on me
I knew that you would
I knew coz you told me in front of your family
And I did the same
So I guess that I should take half of the blame
Do you remember the way it was for us
Before all of the blow jobs on the bus
I want to be eighty on the porch drinking lemonade with you
And its all that I can think about
Since you told me that you cheated
Eighty on the porch drinking lemonade with you
And its all that I can think about
Since you told me that you cheated
Told me that you cheated on me
What should I care about a number
What should it matter to me
But are you out of love with no one
And now I know the end is here
Coz you replaced me
Just tell me his name
Just tell me you didn't get laid in our bedroom
Just tell me his name
Just tell me if his dick is bigger than mine
Just tell me his name
Just tell me you didn't get laid in our bedroom
Just tell me his name
Just tell me you didn't get laid on our bedroom
Just tell me his name
Just tell me if his dick is bigger than mine
Tell me that you cheated
Tell me that you cheated on me
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