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