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