If you see your man in clothes that's old and ragged

And he walks from bar to bar in worn out shoes

If people point and whisper God have mercy

Would you deny the man that you once knew



Would you be ashamed to remember

I'm the same man that lost everything for you

If tomorrow on the street I die a beggar

Would you deny the man that you once knew

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If on the street I meet you with your new love

And I walk right up and say how do you do

Would you turn your back and tell him you don't know me

Would you deny the man that you once knew



Would you be ashamed to remember...

Would you deny the man that you once knew