"Jane Says" as written by Eric Adam Avery, Stephen Perkins, David Navarro and Perry Farrell....
Jane says
I'm done with Sergio
He treats me like a ragdoll
She hides
The television
Says "I don't owe him nothing,
But if he comes back again
Tell him to wait right here for me
Or, try again tomorrow"
"I'm gonna kick tomorrow..."
"I'm gonna kick tomorrow..."
Jane says
Have you seen my wig around?
I feel naked without it"
She knows
They all want her to go
But that's okay man
She don't like them anyway
Jane says "I'm going away to Spain
When I get my money saved
I'm gonna start tomorrow"
"I'm gonna kick tomorrow..."
"I'm gonna kick tomorrow..."
She gets mad
And she starts to cry
Takes a swing but
She can't hit!
She don't mean no harm
She just don't know... what else to do about it
Jane goes
To the store at eight
She walks up on Saint Andrews
She waits
And gets her dinner there
She pulls her dinner
From her pocket
Jane says I've never been in love - no
She don't know what it is
She only knows if someone wants her
"I only want 'em if they want me,..."
"I only know they want me..."
Jane says...
Jane says...
I'm done with Sergio
He treats me like a ragdoll
She hides
The television
Says "I don't owe him nothing,
But if he comes back again
Tell him to wait right here for me
Or, try again tomorrow"
"I'm gonna kick tomorrow..."
"I'm gonna kick tomorrow..."
Jane says
Have you seen my wig around?
I feel naked without it"
She knows
They all want her to go
But that's okay man
She don't like them anyway
Jane says "I'm going away to Spain
When I get my money saved
I'm gonna start tomorrow"
"I'm gonna kick tomorrow..."
"I'm gonna kick tomorrow..."
She gets mad
And she starts to cry
Takes a swing but
She can't hit!
She don't mean no harm
She just don't know... what else to do about it
Jane goes
To the store at eight
She walks up on Saint Andrews
She waits
And gets her dinner there
She pulls her dinner
From her pocket
Jane says I've never been in love - no
She don't know what it is
She only knows if someone wants her
"I only want 'em if they want me,..."
"I only know they want me..."
Jane says...
Jane says...
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is just Jane (and Jane is a real person) trying to convince herself that she'll kick her heroin addiction. It's always supposed to start tomorrow, but it never does. Because as much as Jane wants to rid herself of her addiction, things are never that simple. Oh, and by the way, Jane is still alive. Drug-free. :) According to Casey Niccoli, Jane's good friend.
Farrell has lost touch with Jane, but it turns out that finding her isn't all that hard. It took only a few phone calls to determine that she's still living in California, and though she's quoted in the song predicting she was "going to kick tomorrow," it took a little longer. Today, however, she's proud to say she's clean.
"The story of Jane has a happy ending," says Jane Bainter on the phone from Los Angeles.
credit to:
David Segal
Washington Post Staff Writer
And she starts to cry
Takes a swing but she can't hit
She don't mean no harm
She just don't know
What else to do about it"
This part of the song just floors me every time. As a former addict, I know how it is to feel that hopeless. Of the millions of songs about addiction, I don't know of another one that more accurately describes a junkie in between fixes. Incredible songwriting.
jane's buying drugs. she doesn't need to eat because she gets all her sustenance from the heavy drugs she's doing. she buys her dinner on the corner, heroin comes in little balloons. when she gets home she pulls the balloons, her dinner, from her pocket and prepares it.
this song is so wistful and right on because it captures the dreamy melancholy of a day/life spent on drugs. there is the vague wish for a better life, a tomorrow, but for now the lure and pull of the dope is just too all encompassing.