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 straight edge varsity jacket / This wind is blowing my mind
I see the kids in the streets with not enough 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 want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change / Na-na-na, na-na-na
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
And no message could have been any clearer / If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change / Na-na-na, na-na-na