i'm gonna make a change, for once in my life it's gonna feel real good, gonna make a diference 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 enought to eat who am i to be blind? pretending not to see their needs a summer disregard,a broken bottle top and a one man 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 (na na na, na na na, na na, na nah) 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 (ooh!) 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 (you gotta get it right, while you got the time) ('cause when you close your heart) you can't close your... your mind! (na na na na na ) i 'm gonna make that change gonna make that change make that change make that change make that change make that change