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