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After singing a short concert for inmates at the State Penitentiary in Lincoln, NE, I was invited by Rev. Bob Bryan to stick around for the weekly bible study. Thirty men circled the chairs and Bob got things started. Besides some insightful give and take, some guys talked about their current state of mind. One young man simply prayed for a pure heart. He asked for strength to be a good man.

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Number Eleven, March 15th, 2012

A Good Man

He wants a pure heart
Sometimes he stumbles in the dark
He wants to be free
But most of all he wants to be
A good man
He wants a new start
To fix the pieces that came apart
He wants to be free
But most of all he wants to be
A good man

He knows he still has a chance to rise up
Live out what's good in him
He's faithful to a plan
More than he can understand
The man he wants to be again

The stars shine over the prison yard
He walks back to the block with the prison guard
Tonight he might dream of being free
More than that he just wants to be
A good man

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from 52 Songs in 52 Weeks: 2012, released July 15, 2013

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James Hersch Minneapolis, Minnesota

I live on this piece of prairie. I'm passionate and dedicated to writing songs in hopes of singing them for people. I don't think I could continue without both ends of that process. Create then hope. It's here I write songs, and here I wait to sing them for others. ... more

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