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 streets
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 then make a change

I've been a victim of
a selfish kind of love
It's time that I realize
that 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 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 make that..
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 then make the change