White Rabbit Lyrics
Lyrics by: Grace Slick
White Rabbit
One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall
And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call
Call Alice
When she was just small
When men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know
When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"
Remember what the dormouse said:
"Feed your head
Feed your head
Feed your head"
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White Rabbit was written by Grace Slick while she was still with The Great Society, and was originally performed by The Great Society. When that band broke up in 1966, Slick was invited to join Jefferson Airplane to replace their departed lead singer. The first album she recorded with Jefferson Airplane was Surrealistic Pillow, and Slick provided two songs, Somebody to Love (recorded as Someone to Love by The Great Society) and White Rabbit, that had been previously recorded and performed by The Great Society. Both songs became breakout successes for Jefferson Airplane and have since been associated with that band.Slick has stated that White Rabbit was a response towards parents who asked why their children were taking drugs. According to her, books that parents would read to their children, such as Alice in Wonderland, encouraged them to experiment with substances since surreal and colorful imagery was often used. She has also mentioned in interviews related to the song that Alice in Wonderland was often read to her as a child, and remained a vivid childhood memory into her adult years.
Set to a rising crescendo similar to that of Ravel's famous Boléro, and having a strong Spanish influence to it, the music combined with the song's lyrics strongly suggest the sensory distortions experienced with hallucinogens and the song was later utilized in pop culture to imply or accompany just such a state.
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- Greekgeek Greekgeek May 5, 2009 @ 7:49 pm
- Ah, this was my favorite song when I was a kid -- in the early 80s! :D
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- Margaret_Schaut Margaret_Schaut Nov 8, 2008 @ 9:34 pm
- To me this song is absolutely iconic to the 60s mindset, and its always been one of my favorite songs... don't ask why!
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