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 once knew