Artist
Jefferson Airplane
Lyrics
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 the 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
RS500_rank
478
Length
2:32
BPM
105.5
Released Year
1967
Genre Era
Genre
Key
F#m
Produced By
Rick Jarrard
Released Info
Sept. '67 on RCA
Chart Weeks
10 weeks
Chart Top
No. 8
Musicbrainz ID
f6ae4601-2188-ce2b-2044-816bbe1e76bb
Song Note Source
Rolling Stone 500
Song of Day Date
Written By
Grace Slick
Album
Surrealistic Pillow (RCA)
Vocal Type
Female
Song Status
"White Rabbit" was a trippy rock & roll bolero written by Airplane vocalist Slick. "Our parents read us stories like Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz," Slick said. "They all have a place where children get drugs, and are able to fly or see an Emerald City or experience extraordinary animals and people.... And our parents are suddenly saying, 'Why are you taking drugs?' Well, hello!"