Always Trust Your Cape

I am really out of touch these days. I rarely watch the news. I only read the paper once a week - on Sundays. Last Sunday there were several articles that caught my eye:

• An Austin College Professor was named the Texas State Historian;
• the man who was the coach at Odessa Permian when Friday Night Lights was written has returned to Permian as the head coach;
• Texas beat TCU in the first game of the super-regional series by playing “small ball” - setting an NCAA record for sacrifice bunts in a game: 7.

I actually read those articles. It took me two cups of coffee to make it through the paper. (Those are super-sized cups that are probably the equivalent of 4 regular cups. But, when you take 3 Benadryl at night, the fog is very thick in the morning.)

But the article that really grabbed my attention was the one on Wacky Warning labels. This one in particular caught my eye:

On a Halloween Batman costume: "This cape does not give the wearer the ability to fly."

This warning label was obviously attached to an inferior cape. Certainly not the kind of Cape that Guy Clark describes in his song, The Cape:

Eight years old with flour sack cape tied all around his neck He climbed up on the garage , figurin’ what the heck He screwed his courage up so tight the whole thing come unwound He got a runnin’ start and bless his heart He headed for the ground

He’s one of those who knows that life is just a leap of faith

Spread your arms and hold you breath

always trust your cape

All grown up with a flour sack cape tied all around his dream He’s full of piss and vinegar, he’s bustin’ at the seams He licked his finger and checked the wind - It’s gonna be do or die He wasn’t scared of nothin’, Boys - He was pretty sure he could fly

He’s one of those who knows that life is just a leap of faith

Spread your arms and hold you breath

Always trust your cape

Old and grey with a flour sack cape tied all around his head He’s still jumpin’ off the garage and will be till he’s dead All these years the people said: "He’s actin’ like a kid."He did not know he could not fly, So he did

He’s one of those who knows that life is just a leap of faith

Spread your arms and hold you breath Always trust your cape