Einstein Was A Surfer

Einstein Was A Surfer - Jimmy Buffett
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There's a photo of a genius
Standing by the ocean
In a pea coat and cool hat
In 1943
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On a beach in Santa Barbara
He's looking quite contented
His world is only matter
And energy
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Past the Channel Islands
Out into the cosmos
There are worlds in motion
That only he can see
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He's smiling as he's thinking
The harbor lights are blinking
He's the smartest cookie
Ever was, ever will be
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Einstein was a surfer
There really is no doubt
Cause the universe was his home break
And we're still all paddlin' out
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On an iceberg off Newfoundland
A lyric sits half-frozen
Waiting for a comet
To crash into the sea
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It's drifting towards the tropics
And melting into topics
Fills the sea with answers
That have always worked for me
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Bass notes from the chasm
At speeds that we can't fathom
Music is the language
Of the near and distant stars
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Black holes humming b-flat
Heard only by street cats
Astronauts in orbit
And singers in the bars
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Einstein was a sailor
With a universal song
His sails were tight, his course was right
So let's just all cruise along
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Order to disorder
It's the way we all fly
Light speed is all you need
To pass the future by
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There's a YouTube of a genius
Gliding over liquid
Sultan of the short board
In two thousand and ten
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He looks like Valentino
Moving like neutrinos
To the oceans in the heavens
Where no wave rider's been
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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
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