The Ballad Of Laverne And Captain Flint Lyrics - The Essential Guy Clark - Guy Clark

Here comes Martha runnin' down the pier 

Looks like Captain Flint is here 

You get the bow and I get the stern 

Lord would you look at that Laverne 

Old Flint's got shrimp from the deep blue sea 

And buckets of fish for you and me 

Old Flint's boat is fine and she's called the Miss-Inclined 

And there's no home port painted on her stern 

And they say she's like a ghost up and down that Texas coast 

But you saw him didn't you Laverne 

Daddy says Flint is a weird old bird 

And what's more I have heard 

That his nets are charmed by a woman who knew 

How to work that Louisiana voo-doo 

Laverne get away from that boat you hear 

Your mama don't want you hangin' round here 

Old Flint's boat is fine and she's called the Miss-Inclined 

And there's no home port painted on her stern 

And they say she's like a ghost up and down that Texas coast 

But you saw him didn't you Laverne 

Martha, Martha won't you tell me please 

That it's not Laverne that I see 

There on the deck of the Miss-Inclined 

With Captain Flint I must be blind 

Laverne girl what's the matter with you 

Old Captain Flint put a spell on you 

Old Flint's boat is fine and she's called the Miss-Inclined 

And there's no home port painted on her stern 

And they say she's like a ghost up and down that Texas coast 

But you saw him didn't you Laverne