[ti:The Ballad of Laverne and Captain Flint] [ar:Guy Clark] [al:The Essential Guy Clark] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Ballad Of Laverne And Captain Flint - Guy Clark [00:13.14]Here comes Martha runnin' down the pier [00:15.75]Looks like Captain Flint is here [00:19.30]You get the bow and I get the stern [00:21.97]Lord would you look at that Laverne [00:25.45]Old Flint's got shrimp from the deep blue sea [00:27.95]And buckets of fish for you and me [00:36.00]Old Flint's boat is fine and she's called the Miss-Inclined [00:41.44]And there's no home port painted on her stern [00:47.73]And they say she's like a ghost up and down that Texas coast [00:53.42]But you saw him didn't you Laverne [01:03.08]Daddy says Flint is a weird old bird [01:05.77]And what's more I have heard [01:09.08]That his nets are charmed by a woman who knew [01:11.95]How to work that Louisiana voo-doo [01:15.33]Laverne get away from that boat you hear [01:18.02]Your mama don't want you hangin' round here [01:24.14]Old Flint's boat is fine and she's called the Miss-Inclined [01:31.83]And there's no home port painted on her stern [01:36.33]And they say she's like a ghost up and down that Texas coast [01:43.65]But you saw him didn't you Laverne [02:19.96]Martha Martha won't you tell me please [02:22.34]That it's not Laverne that I see [02:26.01]There on the deck of the Miss-Inclined [02:28.57]With Captain Flint I must be blind [02:32.01]Laverne girl what's the matter with you [02:34.70]Old Captain Flint put a spell on you [02:42.90]Old Flint's boat is fine and she's called the Miss-Inclined [02:48.46]And there's no home port painted on her stern [02:54.53]And they say she's like a ghost up and down that Texas coast [02:59.90]But you saw him didn't you Laverne [03:07.39]Old Flint's boat is fine and she's called the Miss-Inclined [03:12.20]And there's no home port painted on her stern [03:18.39]And they say she's like a ghost up and down that Texas coast [03:23.79]But you saw him didn't you Laverne