Man In the Mirror (2003 Edit)

I'm gonna make a change

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 blowing my mind

I see the kids in the streets 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

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've 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 kind of 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've 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've 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

(Oh yeah!) I'm asking him to change his ways

(Come on, change) No message could've 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

(Then you close your) Close your

Your mind! (Mind)

That man, that man...

(With the man in the mirror)

(Oh yeah!)

(I'm asking him to change his ways)

(Come on, change)

(No message) Could have been any clearer

If you wanna make the world a better place

Take a look at yourself, then make a change

Na na na, na na na, na na, na na

Gonna feel real good, yeah

(Oh yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Na na na, na na na, na na, na na

Oh no, oh no

I'm gonna make a change

It's gonna feel real good

Shamone

(Change)

Just lift yourself

You know, you've got to start with yourself

(Yeah!) Woo!

(Make that change!) I've gotta make that change today

Woo!

(Man in the mirror)

You've got to, you've got to start with yourself, brother

Woo!

(Yeah)

You know

(Make that change!) Start with that man, that man

(Man in the mirror) You've gotta, you've got to move!

Shamone, shamone

You've got to stand up!

(Yeah) Stand up!

(Make that change) Stand up! Stand up and lift yourself now!

(Man in the mirror)

You know it

You know it

You know it

You know

(Change)

Make that change