Man in the Mirror
Performed by:
Michael Jackson
Arranged by:
UK Soul Choirs - Ross Power & Abi Gilchrist
Man in the Mirror Lyrics
Tenor solo - all tenors to learn
I’m gonna make a change
For once in my life
It's gonna feel real good
It's gonna make a difference
Gonna make it right
A+T 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
ALL Who am I, to be blind, pretending not to see their needs?
A summer's disregard
A broken bottle top
A+T And a one man's soul (S one man's soul________)
A+T They follow each other on the wind ya know
ALL 'Cause they got nowhere to go
That's why I want you to know
I'm starting with the man in the mirror, oh yeah!
I'm asking him to change his ways, oh change!
A2+T No message could've been any clearer (S+A1 oo oo_____)
ALL If you wanna make the world, a better place
Take a look at yourself, and make a cha-e-ange
Na na na, na na na, na na__ na na__
(S Oo_________) A+T I've been a victim of, a selfish kind of love,
It's time that I realise (S I realise____)
A+T There are some with no home
ALL Not a nickel to loan
Could it be, really me, pretending that they're not alone?
A willow deeply scarred
Somebody's broken heart
A+T And a washed out dream (S a washed out dream____)
A+T They follow the pattern of the wind ya see
ALL 'Cause they got, no place to be,
That's why I'm starting with me
I'm starting with the man in the mirror, oh yeah!
I'm asking him to change his ways, oh change!
A2+T No message could've been any clearer (S+A1 oo oo_____)
ALL If you wanna make the world, a better place
Take a look at yourself, and make a cha-e-ange
I'm starting with the man in the mirror, oh yeah!
I'm asking him to change his ways, oh change!
A2+T No message could've been any clearer (S+A1 oo oo_____)
ALL If you wanna make the world, a be-tter-place
Take a look at yourself, and make that - CHANGE!
S I'm starting with the ALL man in the mirror, oh yeah!
S I'm asking him to ALL change his ways, oh change!
S No message could've been any clearer (A+T oo oo_____)
ALL If you wanna make the world, a better place
Take a look at yourself, and make a change,
you gotta get it right, while you got the time,
Cos when you close your heart, you close your - MIND!
ALL Man in the mirror, oh yeah!
Change his ways, oh change!
Oo oo
If you wanna make the world, a better place,
Take a look at yourself, and make a - CHANGE
Na na na, na na na, na na__ na na__
Oh yeah!
Na na na, na na na, na na__ na na__
Make that change
Man in the mirror
S1 Ah_____
S2+A+T Make that change
ALL Man in the mirror
Change_____
A2s + Tenors sing first few choruses in Unison as they sit next to each other and therefore A1 takes the lower part in this song. - For a 'change' ;-)
On recordings, 1+2 for any split parts are panned hard left and right for headphone users to hear their part - 1s LEFT and 2s RIGHT
Tenors have a split part on the final note - this is split with the lower note panned to the right