Scattershot Symphony -The Music of Peter Link
A Podcast
Episode #6
Songs of Love and Heartbreak

There is an arc, a kind of universal story, to this Episode #6 of Scattershot Symphony.
It is a song cycle of the rise and fall (and the eternality) of Love … specifically romantic love.
Love, certainly one of the most important concepts dealt with by each of us in life on Planet Earth, is looked at and listened to in song on many different angles as our story is told.
Love and heartbreak, passion and tragedy in song promise an unforgettable journey.
It’s all investigated through the songs of the past 40 years written and produced by Peter Link. Please join us on the ride.
Bring with you an open heart and a sensitive soul.
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- Title: On My Way To You
- Artist: Julia Wade
- Lyricist: Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel LeGrand
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- Duration: 04:40
- Sample:
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- Lyrics:
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
- Title: There Was You
- Artist: Julia Wade
- Lyricist: Peter Link
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- Duration: 05:16
- Sample:
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- Lyrics:
There Was You
Music and Lyrics by Peter LinkHeartbreak came so easy to one so young
Love had turned quite contrary
To a young girl's dreams
So I gathered up what was left
And moved warily on
A change of scene
A change of dreamA new start to a new life was all I asked
Love would be quite suspended
In this young girl's life
But the world does not always work
In all the ways that we want
Too soon we met
Too soon too soonI shook your hand
I caught your smile
The voice inside me screamed "No, no!"
While my heart danced in midair
I barred the door
Refused to look
I knew I didn't dare
I searched the floor for answers
And I found you standing there
So there was you
There you were
There on that Sunday afternoonBut love was still too dangerous
Too hazardous
Too perilous
And I far too vulnerable to let go
When I chanced to look again
You were gone
You were gone
So I moved warily onAs time went by I wondered
"Hey! Where'd he go?"
Love's no longer quite so daunting
To a young girl's heart
I had missed my chance botched it up
And now it was too late
My timing bad
Too late too lateAnd then came fate
Or God's design
We came to meet by chance again
And I caught you unaware
You passed me by
I called your name
From somewhere in midair
You see I'd searched my heart for answers
And I found you standing there
Yes there was you
There you were
There - not too late
Not too soon
There on that Sunday afternoon
- Title: You Knock Me Off My Feet
- Artist: Jenny Burton
- Lyricist: Peter Link
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- Duration: 05:31
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- Lyrics:
You Knock Me Off My Feet
Music and Lyrics by Peter LinkYou give it all you got
You make my life complete
You always take your best shot
You knock me off my feetYou took me under wing
You loved and nurtured me
You let my spirit sing
You knock me off my feetIn the way you bear me up
In the way you care for me
In the way you fill my cup
You're always there
You're always there for meYou clap me on the back
You rub my shoulders free
You fire up my brain
You knock me off my feet
You knock me off my feet
Proud to take you with me anywhere
Oh yeahYou knock me off my feet
Even in the toughest of times you're there
Lifting me back up
With the way you care for me
And the way you help me be
All I can beYeah even in the toughest
Toughest of times
You're thereYou're always comin' through
You're all I dreamed you'd be
I feel a hallelujah
Rise up inside of meIn the way you let me fly
In the way you set me free
You throw me to the sky
But you're always there
You're always there for meYou give it all you got
You make my life complete
You always take your best shot
You knock me off my feetYou knock me off my feet
And set my spirit free
An' I'm so proud to take you with me anywhereOh yeah
You knock me off my feet
Even in the toughest of times you're there
Lifting me back up
With the way you care for meAnd when I go from here
I'll always carry you with me
You make my life so clear
You give me all I needThe way you've treated me
Inspires me to go out
And knock down doors
You set my spirit free
You give it all to me
An' I feel a hallelujah
Yes I feel a hallelujah
- Title: Love Never Touched Me Like This
- Artist: Peter Link
- Composer: Peter Link
- Lyricist: Peter Link
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- Duration: 03:27
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Love Never Touched Me Like This
Music and Lyrics by Peter LinkWhy does my heart feel like cryin'
Why does the air take a moment to breathe
Why does my blood feel like honey
All I know is
Love never touched me like thisWhy do your words go right through me
And why is the taste of you all over me
Why has this hunger come to me
All I know is
Love never touched me like thisAnd everything is so you
And everything is so beautiful
And everything is so possible
Cause love never spoke
And love never broke me
Love never touched me like thisOh baby
Oh yeah
Oh sweet darlin'
You can have your way with meLove runs its fingers right through me
Love puts its hands
Where love needs them to be
Love comes inside and speaks to me
And all I know is
Love never touched me like thisAnd everything is so you
And everything is so beautiful
And everything is so possible
Cause love never spoke
And love never broke me
No love never touched me like thisOh baby
Oh yeah
Oh sweet darlin'
- Title: The Magic Is You
- Artist: Jenny Burton
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- Duration: 04:51
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- Lyrics:
The Magic Is You
Music and Lyrics by Peter LinkWhen there's a moon in the sky
With the stars falling 'round
And the only sound
Is in the hush of night
Then there's a change in the air
As the first light appears
When the blush of dawn nears
It's then the magic happensYes it's a magical moment
A beautiful elegance
A classical concept
When the dawn brings the dayThe magic of new light
And the hope that it brings
Is a glorious thing
But there's a greater magic
Than new light
Better it's true
It's the magic in you
No there's no greater power
When the magic is you
The magic is youAh ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Well there's a magic in song
Moving in harmony
Two different melodies
Making a beautiful world
And there's a magic in dreams
Created by all of us
Reaching for more than just
The usual waysAnd with all we’ve been through
There’s still magic to do
It’s just me and it’s you
We are partners for lifeThere's magic in rain rain
Wondrous and wild
Through the eyes of a child
Yet there's a greater magic
Than rain rain
Better it's true
It's the magic in you
No there's no greater power
When the magic is youAh ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
It's greater than the sunshine
The magic is you
It's better than the moonlight
It shines right through
It's better than a song sung
In a heart that is true
It's better in the long run
The magic is youIt's greater than the sunshine
The magic is you
It's better than the moonlight
It shines right through
It's better than a song sung
In a heart that is true
It's better in the long run
The magic is youThere's magic here within our lives
New doors are here to open wide
The time has come to change our lives
And leap and soar and run the skiesAnd it's all here right now
Cause the magic is you!!!
- Title: If Ever I Would Leave You
- Artist: Steve Blanchard
- Composer: Frederick Loewe
- Lyricist: Alan Jay Lerner
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- Duration: 04:11
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- Lyrics:
If Ever I Would Leave You
Music by Frederick Loewe
Lyrics by Alan JayIf ever I would leave you it wouldn't be in summer
Seeing you in summer I never would go
Your hair streaked with sunlight your lips red as flame
Your face with a luster that puts gold to shameBut if I'd ever leave you it couldn't be in autumn
How I'd leave in autumn I never will know
I've seen how you sparkle when fall nips the air
I know you in autumn and I must be thereAnd could I leave you running merrily through the snow
Or on a wintry evening when you catch the fire's glowIf ever I would leave you how could it be in springtime
Knowing how in spring I'm bewitched by you so
Oh no not in springtime summer winter or fall
No never could I leave you at all
- Title: Love Runs Deeper Than Pride
- Artist: Jenny Burton
- Lyricist: Peter Link
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- Duration: 04:54
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- Lyrics:
Love Runs Deeper Than Pride
Music and Lyrics by Peter LinkAfter the fall
Half of me's gone
It all just shattered
I picked up my pride
And carried it on
But nothing matteredI've known a lot of lonely people in my life
Who did the same as I and lost it all
Oh if I only could
But change the course of my life
And catch the fall
Before it's too lateI'd open everything wide
I'd show you all that's inside
Cause love runs deeper than prideTry me again
I'm not afraid
Cause time can do great things
And if it's the end
Of all that we've made
Then I can face itI've seen a lot of lonely people in my life
Who've thrown it all away to keep their pride
Trying to hold on to that last remaining dignity
But still it died
What was to hide?I'll open everything wide
I'll show you all that's inside
Cause love runs deeper than prideI've seen a lot of lonely people in my life
Who've thrown it all away to keep their pride
Trying to hold on to that last remaining dignity
But still it died
What was to hide?I'll open everything wide
I'll show you all that's inside
Cause love runs deeper than pride
Than pride
- Title: Wasn't It Good For You
- Artist: Jenny Burton
- Lyricist: Peter Link
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- Duration: 04:48
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- Lyrics:
Wasn't It Good for You
Music and Lyrics by Peter LinkWasn't it good for you?
(Is the fire dying)
What are you going through?
(As the smoke turns)
Is it all over now?
(In the cool of moonlight)
Can we go on somehow?
(As you sleep on)Deep down inside me I know
We've gone as far as we'll goAnd the moon grows a little colder now
As the fire begins to smolder down
And the love is like the fire now
Yes the love that was is like the fire nowWasn't it good for you?
(It's a dying ember)
Where are we now, we two?
(It's a smoke dream)
Where did it all go wrong?
(Yes the spark has vanished)
We knew it would all alongAnd it's gone
Nothing but a memory
Just like the fire burning down inside of me
And the love is like the fire now
Yes the love that was is like the fire nowAnd the love is like the fire now
(Wasn't it good for you?)
And the love is like the fire now
(Where do we go from here?)
And the love is like the fire now
(Am I alone again?)
And the love is like the fire now
(Why do the feelings change?)
- Title: A Pile Of Tears
- Artist: Jenny Burton
- Lyricist: Peter Link
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- Duration: 04:36
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A Pile of Tears
Music and Lyrics by Peter Link
Title by Jenny BurtonThere's a pile of tears
Sitting on the pillow
Next to where I sleep
A pile of tearsA pile of tears
On cool clean sheets
Who belongs …
I can't remember
Who belongs …Were they yours?
Are they mine?
A love, I fear
In sad decline
With nothing left
But a pile of tearsThis morning as I lie here waking
Trying to disentangle while my heart is aching
Tryin' to grasp the fact
That only half the bed needs makingThere's an empty space
There inside the closet
There across the room
An empty spaceAnd an empty place
Inside my life
How do I go on?
I can't remember
All your things are goneNot a word
Not a trace
You disappear
But can't erase
The one thing you left
This pile of tearsThis morning as I lie here breaking
Trying to comprehend the turn my life is taking
Tryin' to grasp the fact
That only half the bed needs makingAnd tryin' to make some sense of
This pile of tears
This pile of tears
You Only Took Me Halfway There
Music and Lyrics by Peter Link
- Title: Another Time
- Artist: Steve Blanchard, Judy McLane, Peter Link
- Composer: Peter Link
- Lyricist: Larry Rosler
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- Duration: 03:28
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- Lyrics:
Another Time
Music by Peter Link
Lyrics by Larry RoslerKate
Why must the world
Keep you from me?
Oh, how I wish
That we were free
So free we could sail
Like hawks in the air
No chains and no jail
Just sky everywhereKate & Doc
How I wish I knew you
In another time
Wish the road led to you
In another time
To another place
And another timeDoc
I'm so sorry, Kate.Kate
Nothin' you coulda done. nothin'.Kate & Doc
If all the stars
Stayed on our side
Lighting up trails
We never tried
We'd run brave and strong
Like wild horses do
We'd live good and long
One life, me and youHow I wish I knew you
In another time
Wish the road led to you
In another time
To another place
And another time
- Title: Anthem
- Artist: Peter Link
- Composer: Peter Link
- Lyricist: Peter Link
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- Duration: 05:19
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- Lyrics:
Anthem
Music and Lyrics by Peter LinkShe lives in my heart always
She lies in the long grass
She weeps and my world crumbles
But when she smiles
Then the sun dances with the moonShe’s warm on a cold morning
There lying beside me
I wake from my old slumber
And cherish this wrinkle in time
That’s over too soonShe is soooooooo sweet
She is soooooooo smooth indeed
Soooooooo tuned
To the birds in our window
She is all girl
All a whirl
And she’s all I’ve ever wanted
Never knowing what I wanted
Till she smiled at meShe laughs and the sky tumbles
She lights up my world
But when she leaves I am lost and humbled
Biding my time
Counting the days
Watching the clock
Checking the phone
Wishing the hours away
Till she comes home again
Till she comes home again[Interlude]
I wake on this cold morning
And cling to that mem’ry
Of that girl in the grass
And her smile and her laughs
And the sun dancing with the moon[Dance]