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