Steve Earle — The Ballad of Laverne and Captain Flint

[Verse 1] Here comes Martha running down the pier Looks like Captain Flint is here You get the bow, I'll get the stern Lord, would you look at that Laverne? Flint's got shrimp from the deep blue sea And buckets of fish for you and me [Chorus] Old Flint's boat is fine And she's called the Miss-Inclined 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 Ma, didn't you, Laverne? [Verse 2] Now Daddy says Flint is a weird old bird And what's more, I have heard His nets were charmed by a woman who knew How to work that Louisiana voodoo Laverne, get away from my boat, you hear Your mama don't want you hangin' around here [Chorus] Laverne told him, she said: "Old Flint's boat is fine And she's called the Miss-Inclined No home port painted on her stern And they say she's like a ghost Up and down that Texas coast" You saw Ma, didn't you, Laverne? [Verse 3] Martha, Martha, 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, he put a spell on you [Chorus] Old Flint's boat is fine And she's called the Miss-Inclined No home port painted on her stern And they say she's like a ghost Up and down that Texas coast But you saw Ma, didn't you, Laverne? [Chorus] Old Flint's boat is fine And she's called the Miss-Inclined No home port painted on her stern They say she's like a ghost Up and down that Texas coast But you saw Ma, didn't you, Laverne? [Chorus] Old Flint's boat is fine And she's called the Miss-Inclined No home port painted on her stern And they say she's like a ghost Up and down that Texas coast But you saw Ma, didn't you, Laverne?