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."
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You keep on calling me up crying saying sorry dot dot dot
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot
But I ain't buying all your lines saying sorry ah ah ah
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot
Hey babygurl I was stupid
Gave you my world but you excused me
You keep insisting saying you miss me
But you can't miss me with the things that you do
P-p-p-don't call me, p-p-p-why you bugging me
Your sorry that I saw through your lies
P-p-p-don't call me, n-n-n-now you ain't listening
There's nothing that can change my mind
You keep on calling me up crying saying sorry dot dot dot
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot
But I ain't buying all your lines saying sorry ah ah ah
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot
But you should know I used to trust ya
You got to go I hate to hush ya
Now your crying c-call me crying
But I'm all done crying for you
P-p-p-don't call me, p-p-p-why you bugging me
Your sorry that I saw through your lies
P-p-p-don't call me, n-n-n-now you ain't listening
There's nothing that can change my mind
You keep on calling me up crying saying sorry dot dot dot
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot
But I ain't buying all your lines saying sorry ah ah ah
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot
So lets go lets go separate ways
You and me we had our days
It's okay so don't you say sorry dot dot dot
You can leave me it's alright
Not wasting my time on lies
I got things to do tonight sorry dot dot dot
She says I'm sorry dot dot dot
No you ain't sorry dot dot dot
She's like I'm sorry dot dot dot
Don't give me sorry dot dot dot
You keep insisting saying you miss me
But you can't miss me with the things that you do
You keep on calling me up crying saying sorry dot dot dot
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot
But I ain't buying all your lines saying sorry ah ah ah
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot
You keep on calling me up crying saying sorry dot dot dot
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot
But I ain't buying all your lines saying sorry ah ah ah
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot dot dot
Dot dot dot
Dot dot dot
Dot dot dot
You keep on calling me up crying saying sorry dot dot dot
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot
But I ain't buying all your lines saying sorry ah ah ah
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot
Hey babygurl I was stupid
Gave you my world but you excused me
You keep insisting saying you miss me
But you can't miss me with the things that you do
P-p-p-don't call me, p-p-p-why you bugging me
Your sorry that I saw through your lies
P-p-p-don't call me, n-n-n-now you ain't listening
There's nothing that can change my mind
You keep on calling me up crying saying sorry dot dot dot
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot
But I ain't buying all your lines saying sorry ah ah ah
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot
But you should know I used to trust ya
You got to go I hate to hush ya
Now your crying c-call me crying
But I'm all done crying for you
P-p-p-don't call me, p-p-p-why you bugging me
Your sorry that I saw through your lies
P-p-p-don't call me, n-n-n-now you ain't listening
There's nothing that can change my mind
You keep on calling me up crying saying sorry dot dot dot
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot
But I ain't buying all your lines saying sorry ah ah ah
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot
So lets go lets go separate ways
You and me we had our days
It's okay so don't you say sorry dot dot dot
You can leave me it's alright
Not wasting my time on lies
I got things to do tonight sorry dot dot dot
She says I'm sorry dot dot dot
No you ain't sorry dot dot dot
She's like I'm sorry dot dot dot
Don't give me sorry dot dot dot
You keep insisting saying you miss me
But you can't miss me with the things that you do
You keep on calling me up crying saying sorry dot dot dot
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot
But I ain't buying all your lines saying sorry ah ah ah
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot
You keep on calling me up crying saying sorry dot dot dot
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot
But I ain't buying all your lines saying sorry ah ah ah
Don't call me not not not, sorry dot dot dot dot dot
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