Here comes Martha runnin' down the pier
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looks like Captain Flint is here
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You get the bow and I get the stern
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Lord would you look at that Laverne
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Old Flint's got shrimp from the deep blue sea
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and buckets of fish for you and me
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Chorus
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Old Flint's boat is fine and she's called the Miss-Inclined
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and there's no home port painted on her stern
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and they say she's like a ghost up and down that Texas coast
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but you saw him didn't you Laverne
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Daddy says Flint is a weird old bird
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and what's more I have heard
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that his nets are charmed by a woman who knew
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how to work that Louisiana voo-doo
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Laverne get away from that boat you hear
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your mama don't want you hangin' round here
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Chorus
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Martha, Martha won't you tell me please
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that it's not Laverne that I see
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there on the deck of the Miss-Inclined
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with Captain Flint I must be blind
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Laverne girl what's the matter with you
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old Captain Flint put a spell on you
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Chorus
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The Ballad Of Laverne And Captain Flint
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| Guy Clark |
