im gonna make a change for once in my life its gonna feel real good gonna make a difference gonna make it right as i turn up the collar on my favourite 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 summers disregard a broken bottle top and a one mans soul they follow each other on the wind ya know cause they got nowhere to go thats why i want you to know im starting with the man in the mirror im 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 ive been a victim of a selfish kind of love its time that i realize that there are some with no home not a nickel to loan could it be really me pretending that theyre not alone a willow deeply scarred somebodys broken heart and a washed out dream they follow the pattern of the wind ya see cause they got no place to be thats why im starting with me im starting with the man in the mirror im 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 im starting with the man in the mirror im 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 you gotta get it right while you got the time cause when you close your heart you cant close your mind gotta get it right now one more time gotta get it right