White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

My last post was referring to the most known anti-drug songs, “Kicks” by Paul Revere & The Raiders, now I am on to what I consider the most glorifying drug song “White Rabbit” by The Jefferson Airplane. White Rabbit is a sorted trip of Alice and her time in Wonderland. Alice In Wonderland is meant to be a children’s story which for all intents and purposes is, but there scenes of psychedlia within the story that are present. 

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

White Rabbit is short, concise and to the point and does it sound like a great trip that someone would go, all you need to take is those pills that make you big and small. There is a literal interpretation within the story where Alice takes these substances to get big and small but in the drug world you take that drug and you are on the high but eventually that high brings one down and you are back to your normal life or being small. The rest of the track goes through some of the other characters of Wonderland which are relevant to the song but is the clear message of the track is in the first verse, take those pills and you will go on a wild ride but your ride will be taken while awake and not in a sleepy dream that Alice thought up. The song was a tremendous success for the Jefferson Airplane having a peek chart position of #8.