Work with What You Got

I had this lady friend

She had a face just like a hound

She had twice the mojo of any girl around

She could have any man dancing

Like a puppet on a string

All because of the way that she could shake that thing

It don't matter if you're ugly,

Don't matter if you're not

The trick is to work with what you got

Work with what you got

Work with what you got

Work with what you got

Work with what you got

It don't matter if you're ugly,

Don't matter if you're not

The trick is to work with what you got

I knew this guy,

He lived in a basement room

I went over once or twice

The place was like a tomb

He didn't have no money

You could say he was down and out

But there was something about the way

That old hippy rolled it out

It don't matter if you're rich

It don't matter if you're not

The trick is to work with what you got

Work with what you got

Work with what you got

Work with what you got

Work with what you got

It don't matter if you're rich

It don't matter if you're not

The trick is to work with what you got

One day I met the devil

I tried to sell my soul

I said "gimme fame and power man!

He said wait a minute Joel

I won't take your soul

At least not today

I'm gonna give you some advice

And then send you on your way

He said it ain't about who knows you

Or if they think you're hot

You'd better learn to work with what you got

Work with what you got

Work with what you got

Work with what you got

Work with what you got

He said it ain't about who knows you

Down there at the spot

You'd better learn to work with what you got