Kristina Stykos

Abenaki Hills

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ABENAKI HILLS

Someone had seen it move in the sky
Someone was watching every sunrise
Someone was walking where love was born
Someone was growing the bluest corn

They’d chase the clouds, they’d steal the rain
They’d hide the sun and put it back again
Offer tobacco where life was torn
Lay the fires that keep us warm

I’m looking - even though I cannot see
I’m looking – will god help me
I’m looking - the mirror of the lake is still
I’m looking – in these Abenaki hills

Nothing here but standing stones
A field of memories, a crown of thorns
My heart’s broken; I cannot stand
I lay my face down upon the land

The years of struggle were they in vain
Every footprint written on the wind
As days of plenty succumbed to fear
This place of reverence disappeared

They come as ravens in breaking light
They come as diamonds in the starry night
They come as silver on charcoal skies
To meet our longing, open up our eyes

And in the shadows of every tree
On silent pathways I know they follow me
They sweep the valley and wash the rain
They only ask us to release their pain

Flowing West

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FLOWING WEST

I got wings to fly
Baby watch me go
I got nothing left to walk on
Nothing left to show

Can’t quite open up my eyes
I’m still lying in my clothes
An empty bottle on the floor
I’ll figure it out, and go

And the wind blows my dress
Just like a sweet caress you’re on my mind
For my heart there is no rest
Moving down the Chateauguay - flowing west

River always there for me
Like a trusted friend
And you - the love I always thought
Was just around the bend

Crossed the ridge at first daylight
She’s shining through the trees
Everything I’ve lost and then
Looked for in my dreams

Never made a clean escape
Or wiped you from my mind
Never made the border no
Or got north of the line

If I could just find that road
And finally reach the west
Maybe I could wash it out of me
And get my soul some rest

Piece of Lovin'

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PIECE OF LOVIN’

I ain’t got nothing but the sky bringing me rain
But in the dark the soul must shine
I've been broken down, it’s true – I've been used
But I’m gonna make it home, home to you

I've been proud, ready to fight what I can’t see
Now I need a steady hand
Been living too close to the edge of desperation
I’ve got to find you if I can

…and my piece of lovin'…

Wild the night, the falcons cry
God bless my piece of lovin
Like a coin it’s passed around, it never stays one place for long
Got to catch it as it flies

Stars crossed, love lost, lonely miles
Lovers sleeping on the sand
The only thing I fear is you leaving me here
I’ve got to find you, if I can

Ain’t got nothing but the sky bringing me rain
But in the dark the soul must give
I got nothing – that’s true –
Nothing but me, nothing but you
Only got this life, this life to live

Soul of My Soul

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SOUL OF MY SOUL

Lay your head upon my pillow
While the world goes ‘round
Navigate the moon’s bright river
Follow it down


Surrender all your hesitation
To what's real beneath your hands
Slip beneath the surface tension
Abandon what you can


Soul of my soul, soul of my soul man
Sorrow is gone, sorrow is gone

Every time we were mistaken
Every day you did not call
All the years of separation
Gentle heart, now I want them all

Wing and a Prayer

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WING AND A PRAYER

It’s the sun on a golden glass
It’s the fresh air - at last
Gonna be with you tonight, yeah

Swan circling a hidden pool
You know I love you - like a fool
Gonna be with you tonight, yeah

Snow falling on a day in June
It's Venus shining above the moon
Gonna be with you tonight, yeah

It’s just about every way I feel
When I wake and this dream is real
Gonna be with you tonight, yeah

Feel the crush of rushing water
Cliffs that rise so achingly high
So far to fall – would-be disaster
No time for why

I’m running on a wing and a prayer
I still can’t believe you’re there
Gonna be with you tonight, yeah

I’m flying down the open road
Finally got a place to go
Gonna be with you tonight, yeah