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
[ piano ] 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
