Phil Collins has written several songs which touch on the issue of homelessness.
The first one was from the Genesis album 'Abacab' which was released in 1981 - not their finest hour.
It is called "Man on the Corner". I saw this performed live several times as part of the Genesis live set.
The second was from his album "...But Seriously".
'Another Day in Paradise' has the most obvious lyrics related to the issue...
On writing the song:
“I remember when we played Washington… Washington was almost at a standstill and these people were trying to sleep on the grills where all the hot air was coming up, and you could see that it was in the shadow of Capitol Hill. I thought it was an extraordinary contradiction.”
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