Michael Jackson
Lyricist: Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard Composer: Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard
Gotta make a change for once in my life
It's gonna feel real good, gonna make a difference, gonna make it right
As I turned 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 kind of love
It's time that I realize
There are some with no home
Not a nickel to loan
Could it be really 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 (Man in the mirror, oh yeah)
I'm asking him to change his ways (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, Then you close your mind (You can't close your, your mind)
(That man, that man, that man)
(With the man in the mirror, oh yeah)
I'm asking him to change his ways (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
Oh no, I'm gonna make a change
It's gonna feel real good, Sure mon (Change)
Just lift yourself, You know, you got to stop it yourself
Make that change (I gotta make that change today, oh, Man in the mirror)
You got to, you got to not let yourself, brother oh
You know that(Make that change)
(I gotta make that make me then make)
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 (Man in the mirror)
Make that change (Gonna make that change, sure mon, Man in the mirror)
You know it, you know it, you know it, you know (Change)
Make that change