Scattershot Symphony – The Music of Peter Link
A Podcast
Episode #11
A Scattershot of Pop

This Episode covers a wide range of Pop music — hence the name, “A Scattershot Of Pop.”
Here presented and discussed are some of Peter Link’s favorite Pop music creations from four decades of producing and composing. Join us as we revisit and share insights into the making of and development of everything from ballads to dance music. If you lived through this time, we promise you a walk back through some of the most memorable sounds and grooves of your lifetime of listening.
Here comes summer! A time to get out and enjoy life and celebrate just being alive. Take the music with you! It’ll make it all the better!
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- Title: Just Like Katharine Hepburn
- Artist: Jenny Burton
- Lyricist: Peter Link
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- Duration: 05:54
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Just Like Katharine Hepburn
Music and Lyrics by Peter LinkPopcorn junkie
Hooked on the celluloid
Strung out on the front row
Of the motion picture showStar fixated
Trapped in my fantasies
Scene after scene
Falling through the silver screenIn a past life
I got to be Bogey's wife
An' in my next life
I get to be Spencer's wifeOh just like Katharine Hepburn
Just like Katharine Hepburn
Slipping through the hole in my imagination
Right into the role of my latest incarnation
And I am Katharine Hepburn
Just like I always wanted to be
Just like Katharine Hepburn
Living in the soul of meSo elusive
Wrapped in her dignity
Known worldwide
But oh what a mysteryHead strong high class
Tough like a leather glove
Fearless in the face of
Life's unforgotten loveIn a past life
I got to be Carey's wife
An' in my last life
I want to be Spencer's wifeOh just like Katharine Hepburn
Just like Katharine Hepburn
Slipping through the hole in my imagination
Right into the role of my latest incarnation
And I am Katharine Hepburn
Just like I always wanted to be
Just like Katharine Hepburn
I’m a Survivor
Performed by Loretta Devine
Music and Lyrics by Peter Link
- Title: It Must Be Love
- Artist: Peter Link
- Composer: Peter Link
- Lyricist: Peter Link
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- Duration: 04:13
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It Must Be Love
Music and Lyrics by Peter LinkWell I woke up this mornin' with this feelin' inside me
I never really felt it before
It was almost like my better sense had gone and defied me
Lift my bed right offa the floorAnd the walls
Would all
Come fallin' down on meNow I don't know what this is
But I know what your kiss is
And the feelin' from this is
The sameSo it must be love
Hey hey
Yes it must be love
(Love)
Oooh ooohSo I lay there in my bed and floated halfway to heaven
Longing for that look in your eyes
As you lay beside me sleepin' at a quarter to seven
Floating through those strawberry skiesAnd the sun
And the moon
And the stars
Were all shinin' on meNow I don't know what this is
But I do know what bliss is
And the feelin' from this is
The sameSo it must be love
Hey hey
Yes it must be love
(Oooh oooh)Yes it must be love
(Oooh oooh)
Yes it must be love
(Oooh oooh)
Yes it must be love
(Oooh oooh)
Yes it must be loveYes it must be love
(Hey hey)
Yes it must be love
Well I woke up this mornin' with this feelin' inside me
Yeah yeah yeah
Yes I woke up this mornin' with you right beside me
Yes I woke up this mornin' with this feelin' inside me
Yeah yeah yeahAnd the sun
And the moon
And the stars
Were all shinin'Shinin' in the morning through them strawberry skies
And I woke up this mornin' took a look in your eyes
And I knew right then that it must be love
- Title: Time And Time Again
- Artist: Jenny Burton
- Lyricist: Peter Link
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- Duration: 05:32
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Time and Time Again
Music and Lyrics by Peter LinkThrough the years I've watched you all
Return and return again
Coming back to share once more
The memories with old friends
Through the good times old times sad times
The feeling never ends
Now there ain't no doubt
Because the word is out
It's all about friendsFriends
Here at last we're together
So close
This feeling of friendship
We're friends
Now we're back an' together
So sweet
We could do it again an' again an' againIt is a time to stop and be with us
This is a time when time stands still
And in the rush of all the memories
Well you can step right up and drink your fill
We're servingFriends
And we're full to the rafters
(An' it feels) so good
This feeling of friendship
Feel it all around you
We're friends
An' we're lost in the laughter
(Time and time again)An' I love to be here with you just because
Because you love to love for what the loving does
And we'll all look back upon the way it was
Time and time again
We'll remember our friendships
Time and time againWe'll remember our friendships
Time and time again
We'll remember our friendships
Time and time
And time and time
And time and time againA time to tell the old old stories
A time to let it all hang out
A time to relive the old glories
A time to play and sing a time to shout
Hallelujah hallelujah
Hallelujah forFriends
Here at last we're together
So right
This feeling of friendship
Feel it all around you
We're friends
An' it's gettin' better an' betterAn' though it's many years
That we've been apart
It was as though no time had passed
Right from the start
Oh yeah we all came back again
And touched the heartTime and time again
We'll remember our friendships
Time and time again
- Title: On My Way To You
- Artist: Julia Wade
- Lyricist: Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel LeGrand
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- Duration: 04:40
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On My Way to You
Music and Lyrics by Michel LeGrand and Alan & Marilyn BergmanSo often as I wait for sleep
I find myself reciting
The words I've said or should have said
Like scenes that need rewritingThe smiles I never answered
Doors perhaps I should have opened
Songs forgotten in the morningI relive the roles I've played
The tears I may have squandered
The many pipers I have paid
Along the roads I've wanderedYet all the time I knew it
Love was somewhere out there waiting
Though I may regret a kiss or twoIf I had changed a single day
What went amiss or went astray
I may have never found my way to youIt happens so often as I wait for sleep…
And all the time I knew it
Love was somewhere out there waiting
Though I may regret a kiss or twoIf I had changed a single day
What went amiss or went astray
I would not change a thing that happened
On my way to you
Wildfire
Performed by Loretta Devine
Music and Lyrics by Peter Link
- Title: Boogie Man
- Artist: Peter Link
- Composer: Peter Link
- Lyricist: Peter Link
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- Duration: 04:57
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Boogie Man
Music and Lyrics by Peter LinkParty, Party
Don't you wanna party?Party, Party
Don't you wanna party down?Party, Party
Don't you wanna party?Party, Party
Don't you wanna party down?Hey little girl you wanna have some fun?
I know about a party that's just begun
And the honored guest on this dark night
Is the demon's dream and the fool's delight
He's a little strange and a lotta weird
But the party ain't started 'til he's appeared
He's the dancin'est fool since the world began
Yes tonight we're gonna party with the Boogie ManC'mon down, down, down to the basement
C'mon down, down, down into the holeWhere the music shrieks
And the ghouls and guys and freaks
Are just layin' out, hangin' around
Everybody watchin' for the moment when the man comes downCome down, down, down to the basement
Come down, down, down into your soul
Come down, down, down to the marrow of your bones
Know he might see ya' got ta' run for your life
Everyone screams at the moment when the man arrivesHere comes the Boogie Man
(Yeah yeah, haunted)
He's got his boogie band
(Yeah yeah, haunted)
Here comes the Boogie Man
(Oooh)
When the party fires up it's automatic
That the old house shakes from the basement to the attic
With the Boogie Man[Boogie Man laughs]
And it's dance, dance, dance to the music
(Dance)
And it's move, move, move to the groove
(Move)
And the moon is full
So the spooks are out tonight
Everyone goes where the Boogie Man goes
Cuz everyone knows that the man can boogie right[Boogie Man laughs again]
Here comes the Boogie Man
(Yeah yeah, haunted)
He's got his boogie band
(Yeah yeah, haunted)
Here comes the Boogie Man
(Oooh)He's doing the zombie to the haunted house rock
From the midnight hour all around the clockHere comes the Boogie Man
(Yeah yeah, haunted)
He's got his boogie band
(Yeah yeah, haunted)
Here comes the Boogie Man
(Oooh)And the fiends dance on to the vampire hop
As the band keeps crankin' out the Boogie Man bopFor the Boogie Man
Better make up your mind
You gonna dance
Better make up your mind
You gonna moveBetter make up your mind
You gonna dance
Better make up your mind
You gonna grooveBetter make up your mind
You gonna dance
Better make up your mind
You gonna moveBetter make up your mind
You gonna dance
Better make up your mind
You gonna grooveHey little girl better lock the door
Cuz the freaks are rollin' all around the floor
There's a green-haired lady with a long mustache
Dancin' with the dog doin' the Monster Mash
There's an eight-legged lizard with a chicken face
Doin' the shimmy, tearin' up the placeThere's an undertaker doin' the dead man's rag
And the rest are doing the rumba with the Boogie Man
(Whoa)Boogie Man
(Yeah yeah, haunted)
He's got his boogie band
(Yeah yeah, haunted)
Here comes the Boogie Man
(Oooh)And the fiends dance on to the vampire hop
As the band keeps crankin' out the Boogie Man bopFor the Boogie Man
(Yeah yeah, haunted)
He's got his boogie band
(Yeah yeah, haunted)
Here comes the Boogie Man
(Oooh)And when the party fires up it's automatic
That the old house shakes from the basement to the atticWith the Boogie Man
(Yeah yeah, haunted)
Here comes the Boogie Man
(Yeah yeah, haunted)
Here comes the Boogie Man
(Oooh)
You Mean Everything To Me
Performed by Jenny Burton
Music and Lyrics by Peter Link and Jenny Burton
- Title: Shadows Away
- Artist: Peter Link
- Composer: Peter Link
- Lyricist: Peter Link
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- Duration: 04:27
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Shadows Away
Music and Lyrics by Peter LinkAll my life I’ve lived like a child
Who’s safe in the arms of his mother
Now the feeling has gone away
Now I’m coming of age
Now I’m facing the great unknown
Now I’m taking the stageMay mother’s light be with me tonight
And chase all the shadows away lord
Shine a little light on me
Shadows away
Shine a little light on me
Shadows awayHere I am a child in a man
And don’t know the one from the other
Sometimes feeling a boy again
Sometimes acting my age
Sometimes silly old me again
Sometimes playing the sageWisdom’s child he comes and he goes
And one never knows where to find him
So shine a little light on me
Shadows away
Shine a little light on me
Shadows away
And let me be
Let me be
Closer to Thee
And in the final hour
Let me be meTime will tell the shadows will fall
The mysteries all will be over
So shine a little light on me
Shadows away
Shine a little light on me
Shadows away
Put the Fire Out
Performed by Jenny Burton & The Cast of “The River”
Music and Lyrics by Peter Link
- Title: My Body
- Artist: Julia Wade
- Lyricist: Peter Link
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- Duration: 07:43
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My Body
Music and Lyrics by Peter LinkI am not my body
My body is not me
I mean to live beyond it
In some capacity
I believe I've lived before it
Though memory fails
I cannot ignore it
Everything else
Pales in comparisonThis wondrous invention
Of flesh and bone technology
Only belongs to me
TemporarilyI know not where it came from
I know not how it works
I took no part in its conception
Its genius or its quirks
It carries on in sleep
Requiring little of me
It is mine to keep
And cost me nothingYes it is the house of my consciousness
For perhaps a hundred years
It manufactures babies
And laughter and tearsIt's a miracle of invention
In its breath
In its sight
In its tubes
In its muscle
In its appetiteIn its pleasure
In its pain
In its taste
And its touch
In its foot
In its hand
In its amazing ability
To discern Tchaikovski
From Sergeant Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club BandI am not my body
My body is not me
But me and my body
We basically agree
To live, for a time,
On this spec in space
This embrace of mind and matter
This interface
Through this vast universe of illusion
And conjecture we go
For reasons
That I'll probably never knowWell we might as well make the best of it.
So let's dance!
Yeah let us dance
We got to dance now
Work yo' body
Work yo' body
Work yo' body
Let us danceI am not my body
No my body is not me
But I'm amazed
By both its function
Oh and yes
Its mystery
But I go about my business
Mostly unaware
I sit in thought
I climb the stairSo little do I think ahead
And tell it what to do
It seems to work just fine
From its matter-mind
Every blink
Every step
Every breath
Every heartbeat
Every quick reaction
Every wild attractionI am not my body
No my body is not me
It bears no real resemblance
To my true beingBut hey, let's make the best of it!
And let's dance!!!
Yeah let us dance
We got to dance now
Work yo' body
Work yo' body
Work yo' body
Let us dance
Saturday Night’s For Dancin‘
Performed by Jenny Burton and Lawrence Hamilton
Music and Lyrics by Peter Link