She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. A E D A Everyone is lucky, everyone is so kind, E D A on the road to Shambala. 2x A E D A Everyone is helpful, everyone is kind, E D A on the road to Shambala. E D A Ahh - ahh, oooh - oooh, oooh - oooh, yeah. 'There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother our last name was Smith. E D A wash away my sorrow, wash away my shame, E D A with the rain in Shambala. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it.' 'What it feels to descend from the mountain top. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain,' reveals Farrell. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer.
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.
