I'm gonna make a change For once in my life, yeah It's gonna feel real good Gonna make a difference Gonna make it right As I turn up the collar on My favorite winter coat This wind is blowin' my mind I see the kids in the street With not enough to eat Who am I to be blind? Pretending not to see their need A summer's disregard A broken bottle top And a one man's soul, yeah They follow each other on the wind you 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 could have been any clearer If you wanna make the world a better place Take a look at yourself and then make a change Na na na na na na na na na nah Yeah, I've been a victim of a selfish kind of love It's time that I realize, yeah That there are some with no home, Not a nickel to loan Could it be really me Pretending that they're not alone? A widow deeply scarred Somebody's broken heart And a washed out dream, yeah They follow the pattern of the wind, you see 'Cause they got no place to be That's why I'm starting with me I'm starting with the man in the mirror I'm asking him to change his ways And no message could have been any clearer If you wanna make the world a better place Take a look at yourself and then make a change I'm starting with the man in the mirror I'm asking him to change his ways And no message could have been any clearer If you wanna make the world a better place Take a look at yourself and then make that (Change) I'm starting with the man in the mirror I'm asking him to change his ways And no message could have been any clearer If you wanna make the world a better place Take a look at yourself and then make that change You gotta get it right, while you got the time You can't close your your mind That man, that man, that man I'm asking him to change his ways No no no message could have been any clearer If you wanna make the world a better place Take a look at yourself and then make that change, yeah Na na na na na na na na na na na nah oh Oh yeah yeah yeah Na na na na na na na na na na na nah Gonna make a change It's gonna feel real good Come on (Change) Start with that man, uh uh You got to start with yourself brother Yeah, you gotta (Make that change) You gotta make that change today with the (Man in the mirror) You got to You got to start with yourself brother Yeah, yeah you gotta (Make that change) You gotta make that change today with the (Man in the mirror) You've got to Stand up, stand up, stand up Stand up and lift yourself brother (Make that change) You gotta make that move today with the (Man in the mirror) You got to start with yourself Yeah (Make that change) You gotta make that change today with the (Man in the mirror) You know it, you know it, you know it You know (Change) Make that change