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."
Yo, yo
Yo, girl
I take a shower and I think about you
I put on my clothes and I think about you (yeah, yeah)
I read the paper, I think about you
Fix my dinner and I think about you
I lay in bed and I think about you
What I'm gonna do, what I'm gonna do, what I'm gonna do
I take a shower and I think about you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Put on my clothes and I think about you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Drive my car and I think about you
What am I to do? (What am I to do, girl?)
Read the paper and I think about you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Fix my dinner and I think about you (mm)
Lay in bed and I think about you (I think about you)
What I'm gonna do, what I'm gonna do
I heard it's said that distance make the hearts grow closer
Well, I will never get over the way we 'bout that night
And I want to get it back
So, if you're out there
Please listen to this message from me
Know that I'm right here thinking 'bout you
Hope that you, too, will another day
'Cause all I do
Take a shower and I think about you (I think about you)
Put on my clothes and I think about you (I think about you)
Drive my car and I think about you
Tell me, what am I to do? (Oh no)
I read the paper and I think about you (read my paper)
I fix my dinner and I think about you (think about you)
Lay in bed and I think about you (tell me)
What I'm gonna do, what I'm gonna do
You should hear them, huh
Telling me I must be crazy
'Cause I'm waiting on you lately
That's okay, alright
'Cause I need to get you back
I want you to know that
I don't regret a single moment I spent
On you, my friends (on my friends)
Thinkin' 'bout you (that's rightO
Hope that you too (you too, you too)
Will another day, yeah yeah, yeah yeah
I take a shower and I think about you (oh)
Put on my clothes and I think about you (think about you)
I drive my car and I think about you
(That's all I do, girl, yeah)
What am I to do?
I read the paper and I think about you
I fix my dinner and I think about you
I lay in bed and I think about you
What I'm gonna do, what I'm gonna do (oh, oh, oh, ooh)
Always thinking about you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
For me, no doubt about you
I'd rather be alone
(If I can't have you at all, at all)
I take a shower and I think about you
(Mm)
I put on my clothes and I think about you
(That's all I do)
Drive my car and I think about you (that's all I do)
What am I to do? (What I'm gon' do?)
I read the paper and I think about you (I think about you)
I fix my dinner and I think about you (I think about you)
I lay in bed and I think about you
What I'm gonna do, what I'm gonna do (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I take a shower and I think about you (what I'm gonna do)
Put on my clothes and I think about you (can you please tell me?)
I drive my car and I think about you
(You're always on my mind, all the time)
What I'm gonna do, what I'm gonna do
(And you got me singing)
I take a shower and I think about you (oh my, my, my, my, my, my)
Put on my clothes and I think about you (oh my, my, my, my, my, my)
I drive my car and I think about you (oh my, my, my, my, my, my)
What am I to do? (That's all I do, what I'm gon' do?)
I read the paper and I think about you (oh my, my, my, my, my, my)
I fix my dinner and I think about you (oh my, my, my, my, my, my)
Lay in bed and I think about you (oh my, my, my, my, my, my)
What I'm gonna do, what I'm gonna do (that's all I do, what I'm gon' do)
I take a shower and I think about you
(No doubt)
Put on my clothes and I think about you
(That's right)
Drive my car and I think about you
What I'm gonna do, what I'm gonna do
Yo, girl
I take a shower and I think about you
I put on my clothes and I think about you (yeah, yeah)
I read the paper, I think about you
Fix my dinner and I think about you
I lay in bed and I think about you
What I'm gonna do, what I'm gonna do, what I'm gonna do
I take a shower and I think about you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Put on my clothes and I think about you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Drive my car and I think about you
What am I to do? (What am I to do, girl?)
Read the paper and I think about you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Fix my dinner and I think about you (mm)
Lay in bed and I think about you (I think about you)
What I'm gonna do, what I'm gonna do
I heard it's said that distance make the hearts grow closer
Well, I will never get over the way we 'bout that night
And I want to get it back
So, if you're out there
Please listen to this message from me
Know that I'm right here thinking 'bout you
Hope that you, too, will another day
'Cause all I do
Take a shower and I think about you (I think about you)
Put on my clothes and I think about you (I think about you)
Drive my car and I think about you
Tell me, what am I to do? (Oh no)
I read the paper and I think about you (read my paper)
I fix my dinner and I think about you (think about you)
Lay in bed and I think about you (tell me)
What I'm gonna do, what I'm gonna do
You should hear them, huh
Telling me I must be crazy
'Cause I'm waiting on you lately
That's okay, alright
'Cause I need to get you back
I want you to know that
I don't regret a single moment I spent
On you, my friends (on my friends)
Thinkin' 'bout you (that's rightO
Hope that you too (you too, you too)
Will another day, yeah yeah, yeah yeah
I take a shower and I think about you (oh)
Put on my clothes and I think about you (think about you)
I drive my car and I think about you
(That's all I do, girl, yeah)
What am I to do?
I read the paper and I think about you
I fix my dinner and I think about you
I lay in bed and I think about you
What I'm gonna do, what I'm gonna do (oh, oh, oh, ooh)
Always thinking about you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
For me, no doubt about you
I'd rather be alone
(If I can't have you at all, at all)
I take a shower and I think about you
(Mm)
I put on my clothes and I think about you
(That's all I do)
Drive my car and I think about you (that's all I do)
What am I to do? (What I'm gon' do?)
I read the paper and I think about you (I think about you)
I fix my dinner and I think about you (I think about you)
I lay in bed and I think about you
What I'm gonna do, what I'm gonna do (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I take a shower and I think about you (what I'm gonna do)
Put on my clothes and I think about you (can you please tell me?)
I drive my car and I think about you
(You're always on my mind, all the time)
What I'm gonna do, what I'm gonna do
(And you got me singing)
I take a shower and I think about you (oh my, my, my, my, my, my)
Put on my clothes and I think about you (oh my, my, my, my, my, my)
I drive my car and I think about you (oh my, my, my, my, my, my)
What am I to do? (That's all I do, what I'm gon' do?)
I read the paper and I think about you (oh my, my, my, my, my, my)
I fix my dinner and I think about you (oh my, my, my, my, my, my)
Lay in bed and I think about you (oh my, my, my, my, my, my)
What I'm gonna do, what I'm gonna do (that's all I do, what I'm gon' do)
I take a shower and I think about you
(No doubt)
Put on my clothes and I think about you
(That's right)
Drive my car and I think about you
What I'm gonna do, what I'm gonna do
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