Man In The Mirror

NOTE: Lyrics sung by background singers are in ITALICS.

Lyrics:

Oh, to 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 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 have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make a change
Yeah, na na na, na na na, na na, na na, uh huh

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
(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 (who)
I'm asking him to change his ways (who)
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 (who)
I'm asking him to change his ways (who)
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
(Better 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)
You can't close your, your mind

That man, that man, that man, that man
(With that man in the mirror, oh yeah)
That man, that man, that man
(I'm asking him to change his ways, better change)

You know that man
(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

Whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo
Na na na, na na na, na na, na na, ooh
(Oh yeah)
Gonna feel real good now
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah
Na na na, na na na, na na, na nah
(Ooh)

Oh no, no no
I'm gonna make a change
It's gonna feel real good
Come on
(Change)

Just lift yourself
You know
You've got to stop it
Yoursef, whoo
(Yeah, make that change)

I've got to make that change
Today, whoo
(Man in the mirror)
You got to
You got to not let yourself, brother
Whoo

(Yeah, make that change)
You know, I've got to get that man, that man
(Man in the mirror)
You've got to
You've got to move, come on, come on

You got to
Stand up, stand up, stand up
(Yeah, make that change)
Stand up and lift yourself, now
(Man in the mirror)

Whoo, whoo, whoo
Ow
(Yeah, make that change)
Gonna make that change
Come on (Man in the mirror)
You know it, you know it
You know it, you know
(Change)

Make that change



Man In The Mirror is the seventh (7th) song on the Bad album, the eighth (8th) song on disc 1 of the HIStory Past Present & Future album, and the eighth (8th) song on the HIStory Volume 1 - Greatest Hits album. It is an original song by Siedah Garrett and Glen Ballard.

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