Didn't I Know You When

You there
On the corner
You're making the sick survive
You look a lot like a lady I knew
When I was a child of five
And now I see you're leading me
And the people to a heavenly end

But I don't forget a friend
Didn't I know you when

Didn't I know you when you were
Peddlin' papers
Door to door
Didn't I know you when you were a neighbor

Well Jack
Jump Back
You may look different
But it's fact

And I don't forget a friend
Didn't I know you when

And you there
His disciple
You're passin' the hat around
You're braggin' about the life you live
While you're braggin' about the life you found

You may have been
Livin' in sin
Runnin' from the arms of the law

But you may have been my friend
Didn't I know you when

Didn't I know you when you were
Waitin' tables
Sweepin' the floor
Didn't I know you when you were a neighbor

Well Jack
Jump back
You may look different
But it's a fact

That I don't forget a friend
Didn't I know you when

Seems to me you used to love the lady
And played Louie, Louie in the band
Isn't that strange
Lord how some people change
Sanctify me
Lord baptize me
Tell me what's your name

Didn't I know you when you were
Waitin' tables
Sweepin' the floor
Didn't I know you when you was a neighbor

Well Jack
Jump back

You may look different
But it's a fact
That I don't forget a friend
Didn't I know you when you when

Didn't I know you when you when you were
Peddlin" papers
Door to door
Didn't I know you when you was a neighbor

Well Jack
Shucks

You may look different
But it's a fact
That I don't forget a friend
Didn't I know you when