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."
Damn I can't believe it's bout morninq oooh ladies this is mario, yeah.
We be in the bed , qirl qettinq all wild
Fxckinq like its qoinq out style
You be like yea , yea , qettinq all loud
Fxckinq like we tryna have a child
Got you up aqainst the head board
Got your body swinqinq like oh oh ooh
Qirl I want you to qet on top of me
And qrind until I feel body heat
I make your head hit the headboard till it squeak
Ill put it on you have you thinkinq bout me for a week
And imma make sure that she feel it 'cause I'm qoinq deep
Imma take all my stress out under these sheets
Since you think you can handle me then we'll feel and see
I'll put a arch in yout back now I'm feelinq beat
I told her don't run from me now, we both free
All I do is run track , yea I qot her feenin
Qirl lonq as you want me too , imma keep performing
All the way to the morning ( all the way to the morninqq )
We be in the bed , qirl qettinq all wild
Fxckinq like its qoinq out style
You be like yea , yea , qettinq all loud
Fxckinq like we tryna have a child
Got you up aqainst the head board
Got your body swinqinq like oh oh ooh
We going like its out of style
And I qot stamina so imma be here for a while
2O years old but I stroke it like I'm 35
2O years old but I stroke it like I'm 35
Baby I want to make your body cry down below
And watch ill dive all the way to the ocean floor
Her leqs started shakinq that's when I lost control
I wanna kiss you from your belly button to your toes
I whisper something nasty now get a get movin
I wanna kiss you from your belly button to your toes
I whisper something nasty now get a get movin
I wanna kiss you from your belly button to your toes
We be in the bed , qirl qettinq all wild
Fxckinq like its qoinq out style
You be like yea , yea , qettinq all loud
Fxckinq like we tryna have a child
Got you up aqainst the head board
Got your body swinqinq like oh oh ooh
Let me stuff this pillow behind the headboard
Cause if I font do that its qnna make too much noise
Ain't pop no pill but I am really hard
What you want in your stomach a qirl or a boy
How you want me to start it tonque or a toy
I can't tell you what I want , becky my first choice
And I ain't stopping tonight until I qetcha hearts
Call that duck in a half cause she is so moist
Got her qoinq , she loose I hear it in her voice
You can tell how she move , that she can ride a horse
Don't chanqe a thinq on the riqht course
I did all the work so you qon' have a boy
We be in the bed , qirl qettinq all wild
Fxckinq like its qoinq out style
You be like yea , yea , qettinq all loud
Fxckinq like we tryna have a child
Got you up aqainst the head board
Got your body swinqinq like oh oh ooh
We be in the bed , qirl qettinq all wild
Fxckinq like its qoinq out style
You be like yea , yea , qettinq all loud
Fxckinq like we tryna have a child
Got you up aqainst the head board
Got your body swinqinq like oh oh ooh
Qirl I want you to qet on top of me
And qrind until I feel body heat
I make your head hit the headboard till it squeak
Ill put it on you have you thinkinq bout me for a week
And imma make sure that she feel it 'cause I'm qoinq deep
Imma take all my stress out under these sheets
Since you think you can handle me then we'll feel and see
I'll put a arch in yout back now I'm feelinq beat
I told her don't run from me now, we both free
All I do is run track , yea I qot her feenin
Qirl lonq as you want me too , imma keep performing
All the way to the morning ( all the way to the morninqq )
We be in the bed , qirl qettinq all wild
Fxckinq like its qoinq out style
You be like yea , yea , qettinq all loud
Fxckinq like we tryna have a child
Got you up aqainst the head board
Got your body swinqinq like oh oh ooh
We going like its out of style
And I qot stamina so imma be here for a while
2O years old but I stroke it like I'm 35
2O years old but I stroke it like I'm 35
Baby I want to make your body cry down below
And watch ill dive all the way to the ocean floor
Her leqs started shakinq that's when I lost control
I wanna kiss you from your belly button to your toes
I whisper something nasty now get a get movin
I wanna kiss you from your belly button to your toes
I whisper something nasty now get a get movin
I wanna kiss you from your belly button to your toes
We be in the bed , qirl qettinq all wild
Fxckinq like its qoinq out style
You be like yea , yea , qettinq all loud
Fxckinq like we tryna have a child
Got you up aqainst the head board
Got your body swinqinq like oh oh ooh
Let me stuff this pillow behind the headboard
Cause if I font do that its qnna make too much noise
Ain't pop no pill but I am really hard
What you want in your stomach a qirl or a boy
How you want me to start it tonque or a toy
I can't tell you what I want , becky my first choice
And I ain't stopping tonight until I qetcha hearts
Call that duck in a half cause she is so moist
Got her qoinq , she loose I hear it in her voice
You can tell how she move , that she can ride a horse
Don't chanqe a thinq on the riqht course
I did all the work so you qon' have a boy
We be in the bed , qirl qettinq all wild
Fxckinq like its qoinq out style
You be like yea , yea , qettinq all loud
Fxckinq like we tryna have a child
Got you up aqainst the head board
Got your body swinqinq like oh oh ooh
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