Man In The Mirror Lyrics .... by Michael Jackson ...

[doublethink]

Man In The Mirror lyrics

Ooh ooh ooh aah
Gotta make a change
For once in my life
It's gonna feel real good
Gonna make a difference
Gonna make it right

As I turned up the collar on
A 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

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

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, yey
Na na na, na na na, na na na na oh ho

I've been a victim of
A selfish kinda love
It's time that I realize
There are some with no home
Not a nickel to loan
Could it be really pretending that they're not 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

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 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, yeah
(Change)
No message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make the change
You gotta get it right, while you got the time
'Cause when you close your heart
(You can't close your, your mind)
Then you close your mind

(That man, that man, that man)
(That man, that man, that man)
(With the man in the mirror, oh yeah)
(That man you know, that man you know)
(That man you know, that man you know)
I'm asking him to change his ways
(Change)
No message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself then make that change

(Na na na, na na na, na na na na)
Ooh
Oh yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
(Na na na, na na na, na na na na)

Oh no
Oh no, I'm gonna make a change
It's gonna feel real good
Sure mon
(Change)
Just lift yourself
You know, you got to stop it yourself
(Yeah)
Oh
Make that change
(I gotta make that change today, oh)
(Man in the mirror)
You got to, you got to not let yourself, brother oh
Yeah
You know that
(Make that change)
(I gotta make that make me then make)
You got, you got to move
Sure mon, sure mon
You got to
(Stand up, stand up, stand up)
Make that change
Stand up and lift yourself, now
(Man in the mirror)
Make that change
(Gonna make that change, sure mon)
(Man in the mirror)
You know it, you know it, you know it, you know
(Change)
Make that change
© AEROSTATION CORPORATION; MCA MUSIC PUBLISHING; YELLOWBRICK ROAD MUSIC; Michael Jackson .... peace.

on edit co wrote by Sayeda Garrett ..... :)

[bigwillq]

1. If you wanna make the world a better place

Take a look at yourself and then make the change.

My fave part of the song.

RIP MJ :(

[keep_it_real]

2. Michael in his way was about changing us and lifting us up.

And he did, in his song. And he will like all the great ones before him will live in his song . . . perhaps forever if not a long, long time.

[Catherine Vincent]

3. I love those lyrics and that MJ sung it

But you really should include that he co-wrote it with Sayeda Garrett.

[democracy1st]

14. here's the video Live from Bucharest

http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-in&vid=05bd31ed-4d1d-4a7a-b8b3-c5a0a5898a1a

[HughMoran]

4. This is the one song that will remind me

...of a life that was spent in the public eye - forever trying to figure out who he was - while we all watched, often bewildered. Perhaps MJ was too far gone to follow the advice in this song. I'm glad this song is becoming a significant part of his legacy.

[keep_it_real]

11. Michael was communning with the words of Jesus

And expressing that communing in his songs. Michael may not have known who he was - but who of us really knows who we really are - but Michael KNEW what the hell he was doing and he was communing with the words of Jesus and expressing that communing in his songs.

And Michael KNEW this was what he was doing and as long as he did it successfully . . . he was happy . . . and HAPPIEST! when he was on the stage doing this . . . he was ALIVE like indescribably delicious . . . there was no emptiness in side, he was FULL with his communion with the WORD of Jesus and expressing it on stage.

I know only a few are gonna get this and the rest are gonna think I'm off the wall.

That's all right . . . the few of us . . . we understand.

[UrbScotty]

12. Well put. (nt)

[Lilyeye]

5. These lyrics are really poweful.

[Raine]

6. Beautiful song and the video

is very moving, it has so much meaning when you listen to the words and think about it.

[doublethink]

7. Yes it does ..... thanks for the response .... :) n,t.

[keep_it_real]

8. "Man in the Mirror" live at the 1988 Grammy Awards with a Gospel Choir

Has been REMOVED from youtube and metcafe. I watched this vid over the weekend; something's up. This one was the best where Michael got down on his knees. There are other's but Michael put his heart and soul into this rendition and it has been removed.

I wonder why?

[ColbertWatcher]

16. Someone wants o make some cash off it. n/t

[donheld]

9. Gone too soon

[omega minimo]

10. Jackson 5 Fan, that's the one MJ song I really like.

[alfredo]

13. Morphine by Michael Jackson

Morphine
He got flat baby
Kick in the back baby
A heart attack baby
I need your body

A hot kiss honey
He's just a bitch baby
You make me sick baby
So unrelying

I'm such a swine baby
All down the line daddy
I hate your kind baby
So unreliable

A hot buzz baby
He's one of us baby
Another drug baby
You so desire

Trust in me
Trust in me
Put all your trust in me
You're doin' morphine

Hoo!

They got place baby
Kicked in the face baby
You hate your race baby
You're just a liar

Your every lick baby
Your dog's a bitch baby
You make me sick baby
You soul survivor

She never cut from me
She never cut baby
I had to work baby
You just a rival

Always to please daddy
Right up and leave daddy
You're thorwing shame daddy
So undesirable

Trust in me
Just in me
Put all your trsut in me
You're doin' morphine

Go'on babe

Relax
This won't hurt you
Before I put it in
Close your eyes and count to ten
Don't cry
I won't convert you
There's no need to dismay
Close your eyes and drift away

Demerol
Demerol
Oh God he's taking demerol
Demerol
Demerol
Oh God he's taking demerol

He's tried
Hard to convince her
To be over what he had
Today he wants it twice as bad
Don't cry
I won't resent you
Yesterday you had his trust
Today he's taking twice as much

Demerol
Demerol
Oh God he's taking demerol
Hee-hee-hee
Demerol
Demerol
Oh my Oh God it's Demerol
Hee
Oooh

Oh!

He got shit baby
Your dog's a bitch baby
You make me sick baby
You are a liar

Is truth a game daddy
To win the fame baby
It's all the same baby
You're so reliable

Trust in me
Trust in me
Put all your trust in me
She's doin' morphine

Hoo!

You just sit around just talkin' nothing
You're takin' morphine
Hoo!
Go'on baby
You just sit around just talking about it
You're takin' morphine
Hoo-hoo!
Just sit around just talking nothing about it
You're takin' morphine
You just sit around just talking about it
You're taking morphine
You just sit around just talkin' nothin'
And takin' morphine

Hoo-hoo
I'm going down baby
You're talkin' Morphine

Go'on baby!
Hoo!
Hoo!
Morphine!
Do it!
Hoo!
He's takin' morphine
Morphine!
Morphine!

[SunsetDreams]

15. big thumbs down

:thumbsdown:

[alfredo]

18. No, it's a song about human frailty. It's a song about a guy that has looked

into the mirror.

[HarvardMed]

17. One of my favorite songs n/t

[Bluenorthwest]

19. I saw him perform this song live, and I will never forget it

The whole number was powerful, but there was this one moment in his dance that was just beyond all things I've seen, it was more than the sum of the parts, it was magic. It was really something, my friends, it was really a sight to see. I'll remember it until I die. But I will never be sure of what I saw. It seemed as if he fell into pieces, and came together again. It was sublime. It was poetic. It was impossible. He did it live onstage.