Different Strokes

Well I do the best I can Try to improve the way I am I work hard but when things get slow I please my love the only way I know Now mama said it'll never pay Get a proper job it's the only way But I keep reaching for the stars But with my feet on the ground they just seem so far We paint with different strokes From time to time we're broke But I'm a simple man Take me for what I am I didn't mean to keep the money I made I really meant to pay you back some day But how could I make you feel like a star Without my credit card and my big flash car Now mama said it'll never pay Be like everyone else it's the only way But I believe in what you are There ain't a man on the planet who don't wanna be a star We paint with different strokes From time to time we're broke But I'm a simple man Take me for what I am We paint with different strokes From time to time we're broke But I'm a simple man Take me for what I am - what I am