im gonna make a change, for once im my life its gonna feel real good, gonna make a diference gonna make it right... as i, turn up the collar on my favorite winter coat this wind is blowing my mind i see the kids in the streets, with not enought to eat who am i to be blind? pretending not to see their needs a summer disregard,a broken bottle top and a one man soul they follow each other on the wind ya know cause they got nowhere to go thats why i want you to know im starting with the man in the mirror im asking him to change his ways and no message could have been any clearer if you wanna make the world a better place (if you wanna make the world a better place) take a look at yourself, and then make a change (take a look at yourself, and then make a change) (na na na, na na na, na na, na nah) ive been a victim of a selfish kind of love its time that i realize that there are some with no home, not a nickel to loan could it be really me, pretending that theyre not alone? a willow deeply scarred, somebodys broken heart and a washed-out dream (washed-out dream) they follow the pattern of the wind ya see cause they got no place to be thats why im starting with me (starting with me!) im starting with the man in the mirror (ooh!) im asking him to change his ways (ooh!) and no message could have been any clearer if you wanna make the world a better place (if you wanna make the world a better place) take a look at yourself, and then make a change (take a look at yourself, and then make a change) im starting with the man in the mirror (ooh!) im asking him to change his ways (change his ways - ooh!) 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.. (take a look at yourself and then make that..) change! im starting with the man in the mirror (man in the mirror - oh yeah!) im asking him to change his ways (better change!) no message could have been any clearer (if you wanna make the world a better place) (take a look at yourself and then make the change) (you gotta get it right, while you got the time) (cause when you close your heart) you cant close your... your mind! (then you close 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, im asking him to change his ways (better change!) you know... that man no message could have been any clearer if you wanna make the world a better place (if you wanna make the world a better place) take a look at yourself and then make the change (take a look at yourself and then make the change) hoo! hoo! hoo! hoo! hoo! na