Since this was the sixties and since I was a teenager in the 70's , I just naturally assumed the standing next to the mountain and chop it down with the edge of my hand was a drug metaphor. I know the movie came later, but every time I hear these lyrics, I think about the movie Scarface and where Al Pacino has a mountain of coke on his desk/table. If I remember correctly , he takes the side of his hand and uses it to chop a huge line to snort, not bothering with a razor blade or credit card. Maybe it's my 70's jaded memories, but that's what I think about.
