This is a song from Guy Clark's 1976 album Texas Cookin' about a girl who ran away with an old sailor. Some lyrics are on the Internet, but they're all not very accurate.

To be exact, there is one single line that I can't understand - the last line in the refrain: "but you saw (???), didn't you, Laverne". I really can't understand what Laverne saw.

Guy Clark & Rodney Crowell - The Ballad of Laverne and Captain Flint

This is from Heartworn Highways. In this video it sounds like "but you saw 'em all, didn't you, Laverne". But it doesn't make sense.

Guy Clark - The Ballad of Laverne and Captain Flint

This is a live version. In this version it sounds like "but you saw him move, didn't you, Laverne". But it doesn't make sense either.

Could anybody shed light on this?

Jason