Down a Rabbit Hole

When I was a kid on the farm
And out doing my chores at night
My dad would come out to the barn
To make sure I was doing things right

He'd get sidetracked with a project
That he'd left sometime before
Run back to the house for a tool or drive into town
To the hardware store

Thing is, he never did come back to the barn
To complete his goal
Just work on piecemeal projects, never to finish
And wind up
Down a rabbit hole

Yeah

Down a rabbit hole

Now I'm following in my father's footsteps
I've taken note to where he's been
In hopes of learning from his mistakes
And not go down that road again

But with so many other commitments, limited time; albeit
Good or bad
I'm stuck with some of the same options
And parameters my father had

That brings me back to understanding why it is that I have
Little control
To stop from getting lost in thought,
And drifting from one thing to another
Down a rabbit hole

Yeah

Down a rabbit hole

Doesn't matter how many times
I been down that road before
When I'm taken away with the sounds of a distant drum
Leading me astray
Chasing a butterfly and nothing more
Till I end up back to where I started from

Yeah, I'm cruising the information highway
As I'm asked to stay in place
Killing time, educating myself
Surfing the web's database

But hyperlinks lead me away
Each one opening another door
Till I'm lightyears from where I was
And I forget what I was looking for

And maybe like you
I end up in the whirlpool, circling the bowl
Slowly moving round in a clockwise direction
Oh
Down a rabbit hole

Yeah