DESCRIPTION:
"Horse Thief" is the title track of the album Horse Thief by Kristina Stykos, Thunder Ridge Records (c) 2015.

You can buy it at: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kristinastykos1
Also available on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kristina-stykos/sets/horse-thief
Visit Kristina's website at: http://kristinastykos.com/

Credits:

Kristina Stykos: vocal, guitar, keyboard
Bow Thayer: bojotars, background vocal
Patrick Ross: fiddle
Alex Abraham: bass
Matt Musty: drums

Lyrics:

Horse Thief by Kristina Stykos
(for James Ian Pelttari)

I saw the light
But it was no use
No one cared to save me
I was on the loose

I was just a horse thief
A running from the noose

who can say when I saw
the stars were not aligned
anyway, I fell in love
and put it from my mind

I was just a horse thief
I took what I could find

I gave her my answer
she believed it true
we drank from that river
I believed it too

I was just a horse thief
Drinking’s what I knew

Down by the Nechako River
she emptied my desire
then said it was over
and left me by the fire

I was just a horse thief
But she called me a liar

So I made it look easy
followed her inside
she was used to power
I had things to hide

I was just a horse thief
I only stole what I could ride

she fell then to sleeping
I loaded my gun
to protect my future
from what love had done

I was just a horse thief
I didn’t need the sun

Wolverine, Golden Dream
who will clean the slate
touch me when I’m fearful
hold me when I hate

I was just a horse thief
By some cruel twist of fate

Horse Thief © 2015 Thunder Ridge Records/thunderridgerecords.com
All songs by Kristina Stykos © 2014 Kristina Stykos/BMI/Horse Thief Publishing/kristinastykos.com
Produced, recorded and mixed by Kristina Stykos at Pepperbox Studio, Chelsea, VT/ pepperboxstudio.com
Mastered by Fred Kevorkian/Avatar Studios, NYC/kevorkianmastering.com
Package design & layout by Darryl Garland/red-garland.com
Portraits of Kristina by Jack Rowell/jackrowell.com
“The Approaching Storm” by John Churchman/brickhousestudios.com


Special thanks to Michael Millard, to friends old & new who have donated their time & talents to play on this recording, and most emphatically to the folks who’ve found my music online and supported my work. I am humbled by whatever magic it is that brings us together.

Film created by Kristina Stykos; all photography by Kristina Stykos with help from Amelia Moore except for b&w studio portraits of Kristina by Jack Rowell.