“Homelessness: The REAL Musical”

Writings and words to songs (unless otherwise stated like church songs) copyright 2015 and 2016, by Michael V. Schwing (Tyrrannis I Saurranno)

Act 1: Becomes Homeless

1. Song: “I’m Homeless”
2. Song: “Don’t Stop Thinking About the Homeless”

Act 2: Cannot Find A Camp–Makes One

1. Song: “The Hills Are Alive With The Camps Of The Homeless”
2. Reading: “On The Trail Of The Elusive Portypot”
3. Song: “I Hear Wheeler”
4. Reading: “Potsie The Squirrel”

Act 3: Churches and Wheeler Mission

1. Song: “Wheeler Mission Lullaby Song”
2. Songs in worship at Wheeler Mission (all church songs):
   1. “Amazing Grace” (In English and Cherokee)
   2. “Victory In Jesus”
   3. “Since I Laid My Burdens Down”
   4. “They’ll Known We Are Christians”

3. Songs in worship at other churches I attended:

           1.      “This Is The Air I Breathe

           2.    “Because Of Who You Are”

           3.    “Gather Us In”

           4.  “Morning Has Broken”

            5. “Be Thou My Vision”

       4. Christmas Songs:

               1. “Silent Night, Holy Night” (in English, German, Irish)

               2. “O Tannenbaum”

               3. “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” (English and Dinarisian)

               4. “O Come All Ye Faithful” (English, Latin, Dinarisian)

 

Act 4: Case Management and “The System”

1. Reading: “Doctor Seuss Meets The Indianapolis Homelessness Industry–                                       Part 1: The Horizon House”

 

Act 5: Outreach

1. Reading: “Fatal Flaws in the Belief…”
2. Song: “Whatsoever You Do (to the least of my people)” (Church Song)
3. Reading:”Because Of You”, by Travis Allen King
4. Reading: “I Sent To You”
5. Song: “Onward Christian Outreach People” words by Michael Schwing,                                                    tune:church song

 

Act 6: Tired of Being Homeless and Treated Like Crap

1. Song: “When You’re Homeless”
2. Song: “If I Hear Another Person Say, ‘Sir, Sir'”
3. Reading: “Do You Know What It’s Like To Be Homeless?”
4. Song: “How Do You Solve A Problem Like Homelessness?”
5. Reading: “I Feel So Ashamed”                                                                                                                                     (I fed a squirrel from the wrong side of the park sidewalk)
6. Song: “Heartless Bastards”
7. Reading: “Indianapolis, Indiana Tests Homeless Neutron Bomb”                                                             (in the tradition of “The Onion”)

 

Act 7: Leaves Homelessness

1. Song: “Look At Me, I’m Baggage Free!”
2. Song: “Adieu, Adieu, I’m Housed And I Will Go Now”