here is what craig finn (the lead singer of lifter puller) said about this song:
"I wrote a song (can't remember the name) that was very similar to this but the lyrics were awful. Years later, I changed every line of the song to phonetically rhyme with the original words. The result was "Sherman City". "The parking lot of Rainbow" refers to Rainbow Foods, a Minnesota supermarket chain. "The Mountain Song" is by Donovan (and the Allman Brothers), but certainly not Jane's Addiction. And Donovan's song was actually the origin of "Juanita". I went through a huge Donovan phase and went to see him play live in Minneapolis, and was very happy when he did "The Mountain Song". "You look just like an otter when I push you underwater" is absurd. I think it just rhymed."
here is what craig finn (the lead singer of lifter puller) said about this song:
"I wrote a song (can't remember the name) that was very similar to this but the lyrics were awful. Years later, I changed every line of the song to phonetically rhyme with the original words. The result was "Sherman City". "The parking lot of Rainbow" refers to Rainbow Foods, a Minnesota supermarket chain. "The Mountain Song" is by Donovan (and the Allman Brothers), but certainly not Jane's Addiction. And Donovan's song was actually the origin of "Juanita". I went through a huge Donovan phase and went to see him play live in Minneapolis, and was very happy when he did "The Mountain Song". "You look just like an otter when I push you underwater" is absurd. I think it just rhymed."