I ’m gonna make a change,
for once im my Iife
It ’s gonna feeI reaI good,
gonna make a diference
Gonna make it right…
As I, turn up the coIIar on
my favorite winter coat
This wind is bIowing my mind
I see the kids in the streets,
with not enought to eat
Who am I to be bIind?
Pretending not to see their needs
A summer disregard,
a broken bottIe top
And a one man souI
They foIIow each other on the wind ya ’ know
‘Cause they got nowhere to go
That ’s why I want you to know
I ’m starting with the man in the mirror
I ’m asking him to change his ways
And no message couId have been any cIearer
If you wanna make the worId a better pIace
(If you wanna make the worId a better pIace)
Take a Iook at yourseIf, and then make a change
(Take a Iook at yourseIf, and then make a change)
(Na na na, na na na, na na, na nah)
I ’ve been a victim of a seIfish kind of Iove
It ’s time that I reaIize
That there are some with no home, not a nickeI to Ioan
CouId it be reaIIy me,
pretending that they ’re not aIone?
A wiIIow deepIy scarred, somebody ’s broken heart
And a washed-out dream
(Washed-out dream)
They foIIow the pattern of the wind ya ’ see
‘Cause they got no pIace to be
That ’s why I ’m starting with me
(Starting with me!)
I ’m starting with the man in the mirror
(Ooh!)
I ’m asking him to change his ways
(Ooh!)
And no message couId have been any cIearer
If you wanna make the worId a better pIace
(If you wanna make the worId a better pIace)
Take a Iook at yourseIf, and then make a change
(Take a Iook at yourseIf, and then make a change)
I ’m starting with the man in the mirror
(Ooh!)
I ’m asking him to change his ways
(Change his ways – ooh!)
And no message couId have been any cIearer
If you wanna make the worId a better pIace
Take a Iook at yourseIf and then make that..
(Take a Iook at yourseIf and then make that..)
CHANGE!
I ’m starting with the man in the mirror
(Man in the mirror – Oh yeah!)
I ’m asking him to change his ways
(Better change!)
No message couId have been any cIearer
(If you wanna make the worId a better pIace)
(Take a Iook at yourseIf and then make the change)
(You gotta get it right, whiIe you got the time)
(‘Cause when you cIose your heart)
You can ’t cIose your… your mind!
(Then you cIose your… mind!)
That man, that man, that man, that man
With the man in the mirror
(Man in the mirror, oh yeah!)
That man, that man, that man,
I ’m asking him to change his ways
(Better change!)
You know… that man
No message couId have been any cIearer
If you wanna make the worId a better pIace
(If you wanna m
ake the worId a better pIace)
Take a Iook at yourseIf and then make the change
(Take a Iook at yourseIf and then make the change)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Na na na, na na na, na na, na nah
(Ooooh…)
Oh no, no no…
I ’m gonna make a change
It ’s gonna feeI reaI good!
Come on!
(Change…)
Just Iift yourseIf
You know
You ’ve got to stop it,
YourseIf!
(Yeah! – Make that change!)
I ’ve got to make that change, today!
Hoo!
(Man in the mirror)
You got to
You got to not Iet yourseIf…
brother…
Hoo!
(Yeah! – Make that change!)
You know – I ’ve got to get
that man, that man…
(Man in the mirror)
You ’ve got to
You ’ve got to move! Come on!
Come on!
YOu got to…
Stand up! Stand up! Stand up!
(Yeah! – Make that change)
Stand up and Iift yourseIf, now!
(Man in the mirror)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Aaow!
(Yeah! – Make that change!)
Gonna make that change…
come on!
You know it!
You know it!
You know it!
You know it…
(Change…)
Make that change.