ManInTheMirror Songtext

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 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 Chorus (x 2) 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, that man, that man, that man That man, the man, you know, that man If you wanna make the world a better place Take a look at yourself then make a change Gonna feel real good, yeah No, no, no, no I'm gonna make a change It's gonna feel real good Sure mon Just lift yourself You know, you got to stop it, yourself, brother I gotta make that change, today You got to, you got to not let yourself, brother You know, starting with that man, the man You got, you got to move Sure mon, sure mon You got to Stand up, stand up, stand up Stand up and lift yourself, now Gonna make that change, sure mon You know it, you know it, you know it, you know Make that change (Written and composed by Siedah Garrett & Glen Ballard) © 1987 Yellow Brick Road Music / MCA Publishing (a division of MCA, Inc.) / Aerostation Corporation All rights reserved. Used by permission.