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Artist: Guy Clark
Canonical path: /guy-clark/cape
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Cape
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Cape
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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
Chorus
He 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
Hes 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
Chorus
Old and grey with a flour sack cape
Tied all around his head
He's still jumpinoff 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
Chorus
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Guy Clark performs "Cape", and this lyric page sits inside the Guy Clark catalog on LyroVerse.
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