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 kraag 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 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 u 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 u wanna make the world
a better place
(If u wanna make the
world a better place)
Take a look at yourself, and
then make a change
(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
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
(Starting with me!)
I'm starting with the man in
the mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm asking him to change
his ways
(Ooh!)
And no message could have
been any clearer
If u wanna make the world
a better place
(If u wanna make the
world a better place)
Take a look at yourself and
then make a change
(Take a look at yourself and
then make a change)
I'm starting with the man in
the mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm asking him to change his
ways
(Change his ways-ooh!)
And no message could've
been any clearer
If u wanna make the world
a better place
(If u wanna make the
world a better place)
Take a look at yourself and
then make that . . .
(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 u wanna make the
world a better place)
(Take a look at yourself and
then make the change)
(You gotta get it right, while
u got the time)
('Cause when u close your
heart)
u can't close your . . .your
mind!
(Then u close your . . .
mind!)
That man, that man, that
man, that man
With that man in the mirror
(Man in the mirror, oh yeah!)
That man, that man, that man
I'm asking him to change
his ways
(Better change!)
u know . . .that man
No message could have
been any clearer
If u wanna make the world
a better place
(If u wanna make the
world a better place)
Take a look at yourself and
then make a change
(Take a look at yourself and
then make a change)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Na na na, na na na, na na,
na nah
(Oh yeah!)
Gonna feel real good now!
Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah!
Yeah yeah!
Na na na, na na na, na na,
na nah
(Ooooh . . .)
Oh no, no no . . .
I'm gonna make a change
It's gonna feel real good!
Come on!
(Change . . .)
Just lift yourself
u know
You've got to stop it.
Yourself!
(Yeah!-Make that change!)
I've got to make that change,
today!
Hoo!
(Man in the mirror)
u got to
u got to not let yourself . . .
brother . . .
Hoo!
(Yeah!-Make that change!)
u 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!
u got to . . .
Stand up! Stand up!
Stand up!
(Yeah-Make that change)
Stand up and lift
yourself, now!
(Man in the mirror)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Aaow!
(Yeah-Make that change)
Gonna make that change . . .
come on!
u know it!
u know it!
u know it!
u know . . .
(Change . . .)
Make that change.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 kraag 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 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 u 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 u wanna make the world
a better place
(If u wanna make the
world a better place)
Take a look at yourself, and
then make a change
(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
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
(Starting with me!)
I'm starting with the man in
the mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm asking him to change
his ways
(Ooh!)
And no message could have
been any clearer
If u wanna make the world
a better place
(If u wanna make the
world a better place)
Take a look at yourself and
then make a change
(Take a look at yourself and
then make a change)
I'm starting with the man in
the mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm asking him to change his
ways
(Change his ways-ooh!)
And no message could've
been any clearer
If u wanna make the world
a better place
(If u wanna make the
world a better place)
Take a look at yourself and
then make that . . .
(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 u wanna make the
world a better place)
(Take a look at yourself and
then make the change)
(You gotta get it right, while
u got the time)
('Cause when u close your
heart)
u can't close your . . .your
mind!
(Then u close your . . .
mind!)
That man, that man, that
man, that man
With that man in the mirror
(Man in the mirror, oh yeah!)
That man, that man, that man
I'm asking him to change
his ways
(Better change!)
u know . . .that man
No message could have
been any clearer
If u wanna make the world
a better place
(If u wanna make the
world a better place)
Take a look at yourself and
then make a change
(Take a look at yourself and
then make a change)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Na na na, na na na, na na,
na nah
(Oh yeah!)
Gonna feel real good now!
Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah!
Yeah yeah!
Na na na, na na na, na na,
na nah
(Ooooh . . .)
Oh no, no no . . .
I'm gonna make a change
It's gonna feel real good!
Come on!
(Change . . .)
Just lift yourself
u know
You've got to stop it.
Yourself!
(Yeah!-Make that change!)
I've got to make that change,
today!
Hoo!
(Man in the mirror)
u got to
u got to not let yourself . . .
brother . . .
Hoo!
(Yeah!-Make that change!)
u 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!
u got to . . .
Stand up! Stand up!
Stand up!
(Yeah-Make that change)
Stand up and lift
yourself, now!
(Man in the mirror)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Aaow!
(Yeah-Make that change)
Gonna make that change . . .
come on!
u know it!
u know it!
u know it!
u know . . .
(Change . . .)
Make that 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 kraag 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 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 u 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 u wanna make the world
a better place
(If u wanna make the
world a better place)
Take a look at yourself, and
then make a change
(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
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
(Starting with me!)
I'm starting with the man in
the mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm asking him to change
his ways
(Ooh!)
And no message could have
been any clearer
If u wanna make the world
a better place
(If u wanna make the
world a better place)
Take a look at yourself and
then make a change
(Take a look at yourself and
then make a change)
I'm starting with the man in
the mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm asking him to change his
ways
(Change his ways-ooh!)
And no message could've
been any clearer
If u wanna make the world
a better place
(If u wanna make the
world a better place)
Take a look at yourself and
then make that . . .
(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 u wanna make the
world a better place)
(Take a look at yourself and
then make the change)
(You gotta get it right, while
u got the time)
('Cause when u close your
heart)
u can't close your . . .your
mind!
(Then u close your . . .
mind!)
That man, that man, that
man, that man
With that man in the mirror
(Man in the mirror, oh yeah!)
That man, that man, that man
I'm asking him to change
his ways
(Better change!)
u know . . .that man
No message could have
been any clearer
If u wanna make the world
a better place
(If u wanna make the
world a better place)
Take a look at yourself and
then make a change
(Take a look at yourself and
then make a change)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Na na na, na na na, na na,
na nah
(Oh yeah!)
Gonna feel real good now!
Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah!
Yeah yeah!
Na na na, na na na, na na,
na nah
(Ooooh . . .)
Oh no, no no . . .
I'm gonna make a change
It's gonna feel real good!
Come on!
(Change . . .)
Just lift yourself
u know
You've got to stop it.
Yourself!
(Yeah!-Make that change!)
I've got to make that change,
today!
Hoo!
(Man in the mirror)
u got to
u got to not let yourself . . .
brother . . .
Hoo!
(Yeah!-Make that change!)
u 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!
u got to . . .
Stand up! Stand up!
Stand up!
(Yeah-Make that change)
Stand up and lift
yourself, now!
(Man in the mirror)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Aaow!
(Yeah-Make that change)
Gonna make that change . . .
come on!
u know it!
u know it!
u know it!
u know . . .
(Change . . .)
Make that change.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 kraag 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 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 u 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 u wanna make the world
a better place
(If u wanna make the
world a better place)
Take a look at yourself, and
then make a change
(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
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
(Starting with me!)
I'm starting with the man in
the mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm asking him to change
his ways
(Ooh!)
And no message could have
been any clearer
If u wanna make the world
a better place
(If u wanna make the
world a better place)
Take a look at yourself and
then make a change
(Take a look at yourself and
then make a change)
I'm starting with the man in
the mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm asking him to change his
ways
(Change his ways-ooh!)
And no message could've
been any clearer
If u wanna make the world
a better place
(If u wanna make the
world a better place)
Take a look at yourself and
then make that . . .
(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 u wanna make the
world a better place)
(Take a look at yourself and
then make the change)
(You gotta get it right, while
u got the time)
('Cause when u close your
heart)
u can't close your . . .your
mind!
(Then u close your . . .
mind!)
That man, that man, that
man, that man
With that man in the mirror
(Man in the mirror, oh yeah!)
That man, that man, that man
I'm asking him to change
his ways
(Better change!)
u know . . .that man
No message could have
been any clearer
If u wanna make the world
a better place
(If u wanna make the
world a better place)
Take a look at yourself and
then make a change
(Take a look at yourself and
then make a change)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Na na na, na na na, na na,
na nah
(Oh yeah!)
Gonna feel real good now!
Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah!
Yeah yeah!
Na na na, na na na, na na,
na nah
(Ooooh . . .)
Oh no, no no . . .
I'm gonna make a change
It's gonna feel real good!
Come on!
(Change . . .)
Just lift yourself
u know
You've got to stop it.
Yourself!
(Yeah!-Make that change!)
I've got to make that change,
today!
Hoo!
(Man in the mirror)
u got to
u got to not let yourself . . .
brother . . .
Hoo!
(Yeah!-Make that change!)
u 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!
u got to . . .
Stand up! Stand up!
Stand up!
(Yeah-Make that change)
Stand up and lift
yourself, now!
(Man in the mirror)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Aaow!
(Yeah-Make that change)
Gonna make that change . . .
come on!
u know it!
u know it!
u know it!
u know . . .
(Change . . .)
Make that change.
Like a comet
Blazing 'cross the evening sky
Gone too soon
Like a rainbow
Fading in the twinkling of an eye
Gone too soon
Shiny and sparkly
And splendidly bright
Here one day
Gone one night
Like the loss of sunlight
On a cloudy afternoon
Gone too soon
Like a castle
Built upon a sandy beach
Gone too soon
Like a perfect flower
That is just beyond your reach
Gone too soon
Born to amuse, to inspire, to delight
Here one day
Gone one night
Like a sunset
Dying with the rising of the moon
Gone too soon
Gone too soon
IN THE LOVING MEMORY OF RYAN WHITE
Blazing 'cross the evening sky
Gone too soon
Like a rainbow
Fading in the twinkling of an eye
Gone too soon
Shiny and sparkly
And splendidly bright
Here one day
Gone one night
Like the loss of sunlight
On a cloudy afternoon
Gone too soon
Like a castle
Built upon a sandy beach
Gone too soon
Like a perfect flower
That is just beyond your reach
Gone too soon
Born to amuse, to inspire, to delight
Here one day
Gone one night
Like a sunset
Dying with the rising of the moon
Gone too soon
Gone too soon
IN THE LOVING MEMORY OF RYAN WHITE
She's out of my life
She's out of my life
And I don't know whether to laugh of cry
I don't know whether to live of die
And it cuts like a knife
She's out of my life
It's out of my hands
It's out of my hands
To think for two years she was here
And I took her for granted I was so cavalier
Now the way that it stands
She's out of my hands
So I've learned that love's not possession
And I've learned that love won't wait
Now I've learned that love needs expression
But I learned too late
She's out of my life
She's out of my life
Damned indecision and cursed pride
Kept my love for her locked deep inside
And it cuts like a knife
She's out of my life
She's out of my life
And I don't know whether to laugh of cry
I don't know whether to live of die
And it cuts like a knife
She's out of my life
It's out of my hands
It's out of my hands
To think for two years she was here
And I took her for granted I was so cavalier
Now the way that it stands
She's out of my hands
So I've learned that love's not possession
And I've learned that love won't wait
Now I've learned that love needs expression
But I learned too late
She's out of my life
She's out of my life
Damned indecision and cursed pride
Kept my love for her locked deep inside
And it cuts like a knife
She's out of my life
Looking out
Across the nighttime
The city winks a sleepless eye
Hear her voice
Shake my window
Sweet seducing sighs
Get me out
Into the nighttime
Four walls won't hold me
tonight
If this town
Is just an apple
Then let me take a bite
If they say
Why, why, tell 'em that it's
human nature
Why, why, does he do me
that way
If they say-
Why, why, tell 'em that it's
human nature
Why, why, does he do me
that way
Reaching out
To touch a stranger
Electric eyes are ev'rywhere
See that girl
She knows I'm watching
She likes the way I stare
If they say-
Why, why, tell 'em that it's
human nature
Why, why, does he do me
that way
If they say-
Why, why, tell 'em that it's
human nature
Why, why, does he do me
that way
I like lovin' this way
I like lovin' this way
(Instrumental section)
Looking out
Across the morning
Where the city's hart-, hart begins
to beat
Reaching out
I touch her shoulder
I'm dreaming of the street
Repeat Chorus (Ad-lib/fade-out)
Across the nighttime
The city winks a sleepless eye
Hear her voice
Shake my window
Sweet seducing sighs
Get me out
Into the nighttime
Four walls won't hold me
tonight
If this town
Is just an apple
Then let me take a bite
If they say
Why, why, tell 'em that it's
human nature
Why, why, does he do me
that way
If they say-
Why, why, tell 'em that it's
human nature
Why, why, does he do me
that way
Reaching out
To touch a stranger
Electric eyes are ev'rywhere
See that girl
She knows I'm watching
She likes the way I stare
If they say-
Why, why, tell 'em that it's
human nature
Why, why, does he do me
that way
If they say-
Why, why, tell 'em that it's
human nature
Why, why, does he do me
that way
I like lovin' this way
I like lovin' this way
(Instrumental section)
Looking out
Across the morning
Where the city's hart-, hart begins
to beat
Reaching out
I touch her shoulder
I'm dreaming of the street
Repeat Chorus (Ad-lib/fade-out)