Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse

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 street, with not enough to eat

Who am I, to be blind? Pretending not to see their needs

Bridge

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

Chorus

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

Verse 2

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?

Bridge

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 where to be

 That's why I'm starting with me

Chorus

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

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

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

You gotta get it right, while you got the time

You can't close your, your mind

 That man, that man, that man, that man, oh yeah

Outro

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