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Where else are the homeless supposed to sleep? :-(
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Started conversation Dec 7, 2019
Subways are for sleeping
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subways_Are_for_Sleeping#/media/File:Subways_Are_For_Sleeping_(original_cast_recording_-_album_cover).jpg
Where else are the homeless supposed to sleep? :-(
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Dec 7, 2019
While it is probably true that homeless people sleep in the subway, it is also true that the 'subway' referred to in this English song is not an underground train, but a pedestrian underpass. 
Back when I was growing up, homeless people in Pittsburgh could sleep at the Light of Life Mission, where I occasionally played piano. We also brought them canned goods and money.
Where else are the homeless supposed to sleep? :-(
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Dec 7, 2019
Aha. I stand corrected, at least according to W*k*p*d**. They claim the English songwriters used 'subway' in the US sense, and were inspired by the musical you mentioned. 
And here, I always thought it was the other kind of subway...
Where else are the homeless supposed to sleep? :-(
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Dec 7, 2019
sometimes you see two different kinds of "Subway" next to each other, for instance the sandwich shop Subway next to the subway station on Massachusetts Avenue near Symphony Hall, Boston. 
I can't claim to be familiar with the songs from the musical 
, but I kept seeing original cast albums for it in Woolworth's when I was a kid. I spent lots of time going through LP racks in Woolworth's in those days. That's where I found really obscure albums like "Two on the Aisle," and Carol Channing's "Show Girl." Trust me, those are *totally* nonessential.
(Right now I'm listening to a song from S.A.F.S. on youtube.
Where else are the homeless supposed to sleep? :-(
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Dec 7, 2019
If you remember records at Woolworth's, you need this song by Nanci Griffith: you know, the singer George W Bush didn't know was also from Texas...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GK462XnRjQ
Where else are the homeless supposed to sleep? :-(
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Dec 7, 2019
Thanks for the link.
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