If you're born down here in old Kentucky
Stand 6'4" -- well you're sure lucky
But, if you don't grow enough for basketball
There's one way you can still stand tall, stand tall

Gee, but it's swell being a jockey
Driving ol' Whirlaway home
I know it's not baseball or hockey
But when I'm in front all alone (all alone)

It's the nearest thing to heaven as I round that course
I don't yell at my pony or I get a little h___se
Oh gee but it's swell (it's swell) being a jockey
I'm having the ride of my life

Now, if your 5-foot-2, eyes of blue
It's the perfect thing to do
Gee, but its swell being a jockey (jockey, jockey)
(Get on) A sloppy track, a rainy sky
I smile and say, "Here's mud in your eye!"
Gee, but it's swell being a jock(huah)-ey

Boy but it's great (gr-reat) hitting the leather
Making old Sea Biscuit go (what a show)
Pounding the track, no matter the weather
At Aqueduct or Pimlico (whoa)
and If ever I am feeling bad and out of sorts
I go to racing films and see selected jockey shorts

Oh gee but it's swell (here me yell) being a jockey
I'm having the ride of my life
Tell me why would I want to be 6 feet tall?
The bigger they are, the harder they fall
Oh gee but it's swell (it's swell) being a jockey
I'm having the ride of my life
(having the ride of my, so satisfied) having the ride of my life (wonderful life)

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Mike Jones My 6-4 Lyrics
Fito Paez Si Disney Despertase Lyrics