Warm

See You Again - After Pluto

With your back against the wall
There’s no way you can fall
But there’s nowhere you can go

With your hands over your eyes
You won’t be blinded by the light
But you’ll never see the glow

Holdin it in
You’re gonna burst
In flames

Playing it safe
It’s the most dangerous
Game

You never roll the dice
So you never pay the price
But you’ll never see em land

I always held my cards
But it never got me far
Full deck of empty hands

There ain’t no falling down down
If you never leave the ground, the ground

Holdin it in
You’re gonna burst
In flames

Playing it safe
It’s the most dangerous
Game

You said you’re not afraid of heights
You’re just afraid of depth
So come and tell me all your lies
And we’ll give truth a rest
But if I leave it on the line
Would you risk it all this time?
Would you risk it all this time?

Hold it all in
You’re gonna burst
Into flames

Playing it safe
It’s the most dangerous
Game

Dangerous Game - After Pluto

Collaboration with @thecobbledmoth2,  October 2021

By the way
I been thinking
Bout the way
You’re always on my mind
I can tell by the way you got me
I’ll be coming your way
For quite some time
 
Your love
Is the loveliest
Love I’ve ever known 
Your smile’s
The very first time
I’ve ever been home
 
On the first day
That I got to
See the sun shining in your eyes
All my days
Before and after
Were covered in a new kinda light

Do I have to wonder
Do I have to wonder

This world
Could take me
Play me like a tune
You know I’d let it 
If I’m
What you’re dancing to

All my days
I been walking
Just to get
To your door
And if my shoes
Had all worn out then
You know that I’d walk some more   
 
If you asked
Me to tell you
Everything
That you mean to me
We never
Would stop talking
But that’s fine
That's fine
That’s fine with me

By the Way - with Cobbled Moth

Original lyrics and instrumentation by Bluebirds of Montezuma
Translation by Sarah Lettes

The Shine of Our Nights - with Bluebirds of Montezuma

Indian Summer is about hot-and-cold loves, on-again-off-again romances, where the bright moments feel so good that you forget about the dark ones. The concept is based on the weather phenomena called "Indian summers," describing brief periods of unseasonable warmth.

Guitar and drums by Papa Adams, vocals and lyrics by Sarah Lettes, production by Sean Clarke and Sarah Lettes, art by Annabel Lee Sessoms

Heat wave
Meltin pavement
On the freeway
Runnin to your basement
These days
It don’t feel like it’s December

Felt warm
When you kissed me
Cold storm
Seemed to miss me
Now the sky’s torn
And my achy knees remember

Indian summer
Pretend it’s alright
Small patch of green
Surrounded in white
Forget that it’s dark
When we’re all caught up in light

Hot car
Cold molasses
Burn marks
On both our asses
Latent stars
Just waitin for our time in the sun

Sunset
Looks like sunrise
Cold sweat
Drips in my eyes
Cheap bet
Just waitin for our moment to come

Indian summer
Pretend it’s alright
Small patch of green
Surrounded in white
Forget that it’s dark
When we’re all caught up in light

Two steps forward
Three steps back, okay
One dark cloud
And all you see is shade
All is fair in love and war they say
Fair weather love in the winter will you stay?

Indian summer
Pretend it’s alright
Small patch of green
Surrounded in white
Forget that it’s dark
When we’re all caught up in light

Indian Summer - New Insomnia

Take me down
Throw me around
Cut me in half with your sharp tongue

You're under my skin
I'm cavin in as you
Suck all the air out of my lungs

But it's nothin new, nothin old
No story that
Ain't been told
So I won't say a thing tonight

You're a shooting star
But I wish you'd put the gun down
You're a work of art but I can't
Get close enough to touch now

Whenever we drive
Those searchin eyes are always
Stuck behind in the rearview

Are you afraid
Some rainy day
Your past might pull up behind you

But it's nothin new, nothin old
No story that
Ain't been told
So I won't say a thing tonight

You're a shooting star
But I wish you'd put the gun down
You're a work of art but I can't
Get close enough to touch now
You're an angel on earth
So now the lines are all blurred
You're a dream
And I can't wake up, I can't wake up

I don't want to
I don't want to
But I'm stuck on you
I don't want to
I don't want to

I don't want to
I don't want to
I don't want to
I'm stuck on you
Oh I'm stuck on you

Saltwater - with Bonetender

Couldn't fall asleep last night
So I counted the days
Til I could pull in the driveway
And see your sweet face
Oh, I've been saving you a hug
The day can't come soon enough

Thinking bout that summer
When we did everything
And I would drive you all around town
Just to hear you sing
To that song we both love
Oh, I couldn't get enough

Tonight I'd drive across this whole wide world
Just to be with my Sydney girl
My Sydney girl

Fill me up with ice cream
Some good ol pumpkin pie
But there ain't nothin sweeter
That Sydney by my side
Oh she's all the good stuff
With her I have enough

Every time I see you now
I swear you're ten feet taller
And every time I'm in your light
This big old world feels smaller
And the sun's coming up
When I have your love

Tonight I'd drive across this whole wide world
Just to be with my Sydney girl
My Sydney girl

So I'm comin home Sydney
I'm comin home now
I'd give up every city to be in your town
I'm comin home Sydney
I'm comin on home tonight
To my Sydney girl

Sydney Girl

This April, @dancetodavide and I sat down to have a conversation about our journeys as songwriters, what we've been up to, and what's next for us! Davide and I went to the same college but didn't really connect until years after, when we realized we were both pursuing songwriting. Davide has been an amazing support and inspiration as I've gotten started in songwriting, and I enjoyed this conversation so much!

Conversations with Creatives: Sarah Lettes and Davide

Vocals, guitar, and production by Caris Chapman @caris-chapman
Lyrics by Sarah Lettes

Lyrics:
I wanna climb
To the bottom of a song
And scrape up all the feeling

I wanna fly
To the edge of every prayer
An watch those words start healing

Sorrow grows on sorrow
Like moss grows on a stone
Still I roll on
Hope tomorrow
Tomorrow I’ll be home
Someday I’ll be home
I hope someday I’ll be home

I wanna crawl
Into the space between the lines
And know just what you’re thinkin

I wanna hold
Your heart right where it is
And keep that thing from sinkin

I wanna look all my fears right in the face
And shake all their cold hands

I wanna spin
The world just like a top
And see just where my life lands

Sorrow grows on sorrow
Like moss grows on a stone
Still I roll on
Hopin tomorrow
Tomorrow I’ll be home
Someday I’ll be home
Someday I’ll be home

Edge of Hope

nothing you can do that can't be done

based in dc

looking to write lyrics for other singers! dm me if I can write lyrics for you :)
it's a treat to be able to hear so many talented artists on here! keep sharing!

collaboration with Kneon Knight (@lee-morse-576700121): https://soundcloud.com/afterpluto

collaboration with Papa Adams https://soundcloud.com/new-insomnia

link to Spotify below

Sal Lettes

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