Name: Hold The Center
Duration: P00H04M49S
Description: "Thou didst bravely shame the audacity of the tyrants, and didst gladden the orders of the Angels, O Great Martyr. Wherefore, we honor thee, O divine warrior, glorious Phanourios."

Hold The Center

from Gleaner's Joy by Forrest VanTuyl

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"Thou didst bravely shame the audacity of the tyrants, and didst gladden the orders of the Angels, O Great Martyr. Wherefore, we honor thee, O divine warrior, glorious Phanourios."

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I’m gonna hold the center
I’m gonna hold the center
sing for Emmylou in every kind of weather
when I hold the center

Take the long ride home, short circle, forget her
Wild Mountain Thyme blooms around the purple heather

I’m gonna hold the center
I’m gonna hold the center

I’ve written the darkness, written the light
cut through the bullshit to the heart of the night
it sure gets cold when that sun goes down,
it sure gets cold when that sun goes down

I’m gonna hold the center
I’m gonna hold the center
sing for emmylou in every kind of weather
I’m gonna hold the center

No one’s here to hear about wolves that haven’t eaten horses
no one’s here to hear about Ponderosas that haven’t burned yet
No one’s here to hear me sing all seven minutes of South Coast
No one’s here to hear what I found out about Saint Phanourios

I’m gonna hold the center
I’m gonna hold the center
sing for emmylou in every kind of weather
I’m gonna hold the center

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from Gleaner's Joy, released March 5, 2021

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Forrest VanTuyl Goldendale, Washington

Forrest VanTuyl is a Western songwriter, poet, and working cowboy based in the Inland Northwest. His work has been featured in the New York Times, at The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, and he has written music for the US Forest Service.

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