O beautiful, for spacious skies i put aside Purple majesty, you restless thing Don't abandon me Maybe i've lost my faith in history And the only thing i believe in now Is the sound of the atlantic O beautiful, from sea to sea, famously shining O beautiful, for gravity Be with me through this century In the east the sun rises, there are hurricanes I can taste the salt water And when the earth is only dust and brine We'll eat the salt water taffy