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Love, Tom

Based on Douglas' acceptance speech given at the 2014 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he shares personal anecdotes as the backstory for his most famous songs.

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Michael Lennox

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TOM: Not too long ago,
I received a letter. - Love, Tom

TOM: Not too long ago, I received a letter.

It was a letter from
a desperate young songwriter - Love, Tom

It was a letter from a desperate young songwriter

I could tell that the rejection, - Love, Tom

I could tell that the rejection,

So, I did what any good writer
does. I wrote him back. - Love, Tom

So, I did what any good writer does. I wrote him back.

"Dear friend, you asked me
why the hell am I here. - Love, Tom

"Dear friend, you asked me why the hell am I here.

"In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth." - Love, Tom

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth...

Create. A verb which means to
bring something into existence. - Love, Tom

Create. A verb which means to bring something into existence...

People have often asked me
about the creative process. - Love, Tom

People have often asked me about the creative process.

You're soaping up your armpits
and suddenly you realize - Love, Tom

You're soaping up your armpits and suddenly you realize

And when that happens, something
cracks inside your skull - Love, Tom

And when that happens, something cracks inside your skull

And the next thing you do,
I mean the very next thing, - Love, Tom

And the next thing you do, I mean the very next thing,

You have to get
your soapy ass to a piano, - Love, Tom

You have to get your soapy ass to a piano,

Hell, even a set of
water glasses - Love, Tom

Hell, even a set of water glasses

That little ditty that you're
humming in your head - Love, Tom

That little ditty that you're humming in your head

So you have to hold it down
by those tiny little wings - Love, Tom

So you have to hold it down by those tiny little wings

And then you look up
and you realize - Love, Tom

And then you look up and you realize

And there she stands
with her bags packed - Love, Tom

And there she stands with her bags packed

It's shredded and thrown up
into the air like confetti, - Love, Tom

It's shredded and thrown up into the air like confetti,

So you get in the shower
the next morning - Love, Tom

So you get in the shower the next morning

And suddenly you realize
you're humming a tune. - Love, Tom

And suddenly you realize you're humming a tune.

There's something in that
whole damned drama - Love, Tom

There's something in that whole damned drama

The struggle
can't be all for nothing. - Love, Tom

The struggle can't be all for nothing.

And you have an idea
and it's good, - Love, Tom

And you have an idea and it's good,

And then you spot land
and you have a verse - Love, Tom

And then you spot land and you have a verse

And you feel the whole thing
start to come together - Love, Tom

And you feel the whole thing start to come together

But the chaos remains - Love, Tom

But the chaos remains

It's a man and a woman,
bone of my bone, - Love, Tom

It's a man and a woman, bone of my bone,

And magically and mysteriously, - Love, Tom

And magically and mysteriously,

Every song is a love song
in some form or fashion. - Love, Tom

Every song is a love song in some form or fashion.

Good love, bad love,
happy love, sad love, - Love, Tom

Good love, bad love, happy love, sad love,

I learned what love is - Love, Tom

I learned what love is

[ENGINE STOPS] - Love, Tom

I'm gonna tell you
about my parents, - Love, Tom

I'm gonna tell you about my parents,

My father was
a steel salesman - Love, Tom

My father was a steel salesman

A friend introduced him to a
beautiful brunette bank teller. - Love, Tom

A friend introduced him to a beautiful brunette bank teller.

She wore the fragrance of roses - Love, Tom

She wore the fragrance of roses

Stephen Sondheim,
the great Broadway composer, - Love, Tom

Stephen Sondheim, the great Broadway composer,

So load up your lyrics
with sight, sound, - Love, Tom

So load up your lyrics with sight, sound,

My parents married after
a brief courtship in 1945. - Love, Tom

My parents married after a brief courtship in 1945.

And they say songs and stories
are kinda like onions. - Love, Tom

And they say songs and stories are kinda like onions.

Her first husband,
a young Navy pilot, - Love, Tom

Her first husband, a young Navy pilot,

They say that we should
all cry about once a week, - Love, Tom

They say that we should all cry about once a week,

♪ I pulled in
at the shopping center - Love, Tom

♪ I pulled in at the shopping center

♪ Like ice cream melting
they embraced - Love, Tom

♪ Like ice cream melting they embraced

♪ I don't know why they say
grown men don't cry - Love, Tom

♪ I don't know why they say grown men don't cry

♪ I am sitting here with
my kids and my wife - Love, Tom

♪ I am sitting here with my kids and my wife

♪ And everything
weighing on my mind - Love, Tom

♪ And everything weighing on my mind

My family and I
go roller skating - Love, Tom

My family and I go roller skating

My mother takes him
to the doctor's office - Love, Tom

My mother takes him to the doctor's office

And he gamed the system
and he needed more - Love, Tom

And he gamed the system and he needed more

And he had to go
to a sanatorium, - Love, Tom

And he had to go to a sanatorium,

My mother covered for him
with his bosses - Love, Tom

My mother covered for him with his bosses

And it took a while
and he recovered. - Love, Tom

And it took a while and he recovered.

Every holiday, every Sunday,
every vacation, - Love, Tom

Every holiday, every Sunday, every vacation,

I wish that I'd recorded my
grandmother playing the piano, - Love, Tom

I wish that I'd recorded my grandmother playing the pia...

What I wouldn't give
to have those memories. - Love, Tom

What I wouldn't give to have those memories.

It was a Sunday night.
It was cold, - Love, Tom

It was a Sunday night. It was cold,

My mom and sister
sat on the couch, - Love, Tom

My mom and sister sat on the couch,

I sat on the hearth
with my back to a roaring fire - Love, Tom

I sat on the hearth with my back to a roaring fire

All the other fathers thought
The Beatles were - Love, Tom

All the other fathers thought The Beatles were

He loved their songs,
their harmonies, - Love, Tom

He loved their songs, their harmonies,

That's the first time I really
remember the power of a song. - Love, Tom

That's the first time I really remember the power of a ...

What I did know was that a boy
loves what his father loves. - Love, Tom

What I did know was that a boy loves what his father loves.

And then we went to Metro Music - Love, Tom

And then we went to Metro Music

The next day he burst
in my bedroom and he said, - Love, Tom

The next day he burst in my bedroom and he said,

"It's gonna be so much easier
for you to be in a band - Love, Tom

"It's gonna be so much easier for you to be in a b...

Then he dropped me off
at Morris Brandon Elementary - Love, Tom

Then he dropped me off at Morris Brandon Elementary

And I can still hear the girls
screaming in my ears. - Love, Tom

And I can still hear the girls screaming in my ears.

Dropping me off
to go see The Beatles - Love, Tom

Dropping me off to go see The Beatles

I'll come back and pick you up." - Love, Tom

I'll come back and pick you up."

He had the radio on
in the morning when he shaved, - Love, Tom

He had the radio on in the morning when he shaved,

He kept that
black vinyl spinning. - Love, Tom

He kept that black vinyl spinning.

Little did he know that I would
end up in this crazy business, - Love, Tom

Little did he know that I would end up in this crazy busines...

Hey, I just want you to know - Love, Tom

Hey, I just want you to know

The writer has to learn to live - Love, Tom

The writer has to learn to live

First you have to face
the dark overlord of apathy. - Love, Tom

First you have to face the dark overlord of apathy.

And she sits in the corner
of your writing space - Love, Tom

And she sits in the corner of your writing space

And then you have to face
the face in the mirror, - Love, Tom

And then you have to face the face in the mirror,

You have to walk over,
pick it up by the tail, - Love, Tom

You have to walk over, pick it up by the tail,

In the spring of 2009, - Love, Tom

In the spring of 2009,

"The next big thing
is coming to your studio - Love, Tom

"The next big thing is coming to your studio

If a cat has nine lives,
a rat has 99 times 99 lives. - Love, Tom

If a cat has nine lives, a rat has 99 times 99 lives.

You never kill the rat,
you just have to - Love, Tom

You never kill the rat, you just have to

Don't worry about
getting it right, - Love, Tom

Don't worry about getting it right,

And we can rewrite and rewrite
and rewrite. - Love, Tom

And we can rewrite and rewrite and rewrite.

In the spring of 2009,
the rat got in my head. - Love, Tom

In the spring of 2009, the rat got in my head.

I started thinking about
trying to write a hit - Love, Tom

I started thinking about trying to write a hit

[ENGINE STARTS] - Love, Tom

[ENGINE STARTS]

The weekend before,
I was gonna run - Love, Tom

The weekend before, I was gonna run

It's the desolate wasteland,
the metroplex. - Love, Tom

It's the desolate wasteland, the metroplex.

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Based on Douglas' acceptance speech given at the 2014 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he shares personal anecdotes as the backstory for his most famous songs.

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Director: Michael Lennox

Writer: Tom Douglas, Tommy Douglas

Production: Sandbox Productions,Sony Music Entertainment

Genre: documentary

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 8.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 24 Feb 2022

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Homepage: https://www.paramountplus.com/movies/love-tom/RkXpNmdU2r6_cwN_7EIKKvpQkX5NjOUW/