When I Was in Heaven - Live Performance

Here's a conversation between myself and some angels before I was born... Based on a true story.

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When I Was in Heaven (Michael Stegner)
Originally Released on the album Fascination Nation
Lyrics:
When I was in heaven
before I was born
I would sing, I would play
in the clouds with the angels and their harps.

They gathered me around
and said my time had come.
Then the angels sang this song for me
to prepare me for the world...

"Sometimes your brains will hurt.
Sometimes your food won't taste quite right.
And sometimes you won't get what you want -
That's more often than not."

I don't want to hear any more.
I just want to stay where I am.
I can't wait to be big and strong.
I'll just run around and do whatever I want.

What do I need to do
to stay up here with you?
I don't want to live down there
in that crazy people stew.

"It's not as bad as it seems.
Some people are really nice down there.
Time will go by so fast...
You'll be back here in a flash."

I don't want to listen any more.
I can see with my own two eyes.
People down there - they can't get along.
Whose to say I won't play along?

When I was in heaven,
before I was born.
The angels sang this song for me
to prepare me for the world.

by Michael Stegner

Copyright © 2009

New Download Available of "Prayers for Highly Successful People"

My gospel song "Prayers for Highly Successful People" is available for free download at the moment. Jay-Z, Mitch McConnell, Tyra Banks and the cast of Modern Family use it as their daily affirmation. 

"Listen to it at work everyday and your wife will be hotter than me in weeks." - Sofia Vergara
"Prayers for Highly Successful People" Music and Lyrics by Michael Stegner

Dear Lord,

Give me a coat.  Give me a tie.
Give me a home that sits nice and high above the town I love.

Give me three cars.  Give me a shave.
Give me a wife that makes me look good in front of all my friends.

Give me a bank for my daily bread 

and I will pick stocks that double every year.
Forgive all my debts until I collect mine.  

I'll give you 6 percent - if I can keep 10.

Give me a couch.  Give me a tube.
Give me a show that takes me away to a place where people look like me.

Give me a steak.  Give me some fries.
Give me a plate that is full every meal so I can sleep at night.

Give me a heart made of gold like my smile.

I'll earn people's trust and ask them for the sale.

I will mention your name when it works in my favor.  

All in your name.  

Amen.
Copyright © 2008

Friday Night

I'll put on my face one more night.

For the chance to find a love that's right.

Dust off these clothes that everyone knows

And hope I look good enough in a room with no lights.

These games I play,

are the spoils of a freedom

I fought for long ago.

It's Friday night...

Time carves new lines on my face.

I feel the night outshine the day.

The dreams I let go have left me alone,

with nothing but memories to keep me warm at night.

To hold you again,

would remind me of the comfort

I ran from long ago.

It's Friday night...

by Michael Stegner

Copyright © 2009

I Love You a Little Bit (I Love My TV a Lot)

I loved you like no other.

We seemed so happy together.

Our love was light as a feather.

But one day you thought you could better.

You fell in love with another,

And held on to me for the comfort.

Just when I thought we were over,

You came back and wanted to start over.

I love you a little bit.

I love my T.V. a lot.

I love you in the morning when the coffee's still hot -

As long as my favorite team hasn't just lost.

I love you a little bit.

I love my T.V. a lot.

All things can be forgiven,

But some things can never be forgotten.

They say time heals all that's broken.

If not loving you is healing, then I'm unbroken.

I love you a little bit.

I love my T.V. a lot.

I love you in the morning when the coffee's still hot -

As long as my favorite team hasn't just lost.

I love you a little bit.

I love my T.V. a lot.

by Michael Stegner

Copyright © 2009

Please Don't Take Me As I Am

I want to find a woman who will change me,

who won't just love me for who I am.

She'll see my potential and remind me every day

how I'm not good enough until I change my ways.

I long to find a love that's everlasting -

contingent upon my evolution.

She'll change what I wear and how I fix my hair,

all because she loves me and all that I could be.

Please don't take me as I am.

Please don't settle for where I live.

You can make me better than I've ever been before.

I just want to be like all your other boys.

I want to be well-versed in conversation

and please her with all that I say.

She can choose all my friends and point out all the sins

of my prior life and the people I call friends.

I know that I could be something special.

A flower waiting to bloom.

I just need to find me a woman

who will change me through and through.

Please don't take me as I am.

Please don't settle for where I live.

You can make me better than I've ever been before.

I just want to be like all your other boys.

Copyright 2009 by Michael Stegner