For once in my life
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 needs
A summer’s disregard
A broken bottle top
And a one man’s soul
They follow 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 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’ve been a victim of
A selfish kinda love
It’s time that I realize
There are some with no home
Not a nickel to loan
Could it be really me
Pretending that they’re not alone
A willow deeply scarred
Somebody’s broken heart
And a washed-out dream
They follow the pattern
Of the wind ya’ 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
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 can’t close your... your mind
(Then you close your... mind!)
That man, that man
(With the man in the mirror)
That man, that man
(Oh yeah, I'm asking him to change his ways)
That man, that man, the man, you know, that man
(Better change)
(No message could have been any clearer)
If you wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself then make that change
(Na na na, na na na, na na na na na)
Gonna feel real good, yeah
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah
(Na na na, na na na, na na na na na)
No, no, no, no
I’m gonna make a change
It’s gonna feel real good
Shome on
(Change)
Just lift yourself
You know, you got to stop it, yourself, brother
(Make that change)
I gotta make that change, today
(Men in the mirror)
You got to, you got to start with yourself, brother
You know
(Make that change)
Starting with that man, the man
(Men in the mirror)
You got, you got to move
Shome on, shome on
You got to
Stand up, stand up, stand up
(Make that change)
Stand up and lift yourself, now
(Men in the mirror)
Hoo hoo hoo
Aoww!
(Make that change)
Gonna make that change, shome on
(Men in the mirror)
You know it, you know it, you know it, you know
(Change)
Make that change!
(Written and composed by Siedah Garrett & Glen Ballard)
