einstein was a surfer

there's a photo of a genius

standing by the ocean

in a pea coat and cool hat

in 1943

on a beach in santa barbara

he's looking quite contented

his world is only matter

and energy

past the channel islands

out into the cosmos

there are worlds in motion

that only he can see

he's smiling as he's thinking

the harbor lights are blinking

he's the smartest cookie

ever was

ever will be

einstein was a surfer

there really is no doubt

cause the universe was his home break

and we're still all paddlin' out

on an iceberg off newfoundland

a lyric sits half-frozen

waiting for a comet

to crash into the sea

it's drifting towards the tropics

and melting into topics

fills the sea with answers

that have always worked for me

bass notes from the chasm

at speeds that we can't fathom

music is the language

of the near and distant stars

black holes humming b-flat

heard only by street cats

astronauts in orbit

and singers in the bars

einstein was a sailor

with a universal song

his sails were tight

his course was right

so let's just all cruise along

order to disorder

it's the way we all fly

light speed is all you need

to pass the future by

there's a youtube of a genius

gliding over liquid

sultan of the short board

in two thousand and ten

he looks like valentino

moving like neutrinos

to the oceans in the heavens

where no wave rider's been

einstein was a surfer

who found the perfect break

where the strings of time

meet the final chime

it's the path all surfers take