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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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Sandbox Productions,Sony Music Entertainment

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An idea is a powerful thing.
It's a metaphor. - Love, Tom

An idea is a powerful thing. It's a metaphor.

It's our details
and our memories, - Love, Tom

It's our details and our memories,

You wanna slap somebody that
starts a sentence with, - Love, Tom

You wanna slap somebody that starts a sentence with,

I begged Allen
not to utter those five words - Love, Tom

I begged Allen not to utter those five words

And true to his word,
we got back, - Love, Tom

And true to his word, we got back,

We put our first draft together.
It was epic. - Love, Tom

We put our first draft together. It was epic.

It was 10 minutes long.
We demoed it, - Love, Tom

It was 10 minutes long. We demoed it,

In 2009,
we dusted off the lyrics - Love, Tom

In 2009, we dusted off the lyrics

We printed them off,
which by this time were - Love, Tom

We printed them off, which by this time were

We spread it out
on my coffee table, - Love, Tom

We spread it out on my coffee table,

Finally got down
to the absolute essence, - Love, Tom

Finally got down to the absolute essence,

We didn't have,
"If I can just come in - Love, Tom

We didn't have, "If I can just come in

"Won't take nothing but
a memory," - Love, Tom

"Won't take nothing but a memory,"

The sirens screamed,
the lights flashed, - Love, Tom

The sirens screamed, the lights flashed,

♪ I know they say
You can't go home again - Love, Tom

♪ I know they say You can't go home again

♪ I just had to come back
one last time - Love, Tom

♪ I just had to come back one last time

♪ And I bet you didn't know
in the shade of that live oak - Love, Tom

♪ And I bet you didn't know in the shade of that live o...

♪ I thought if I could touch
this place or feel it - Love, Tom

♪ I thought if I could touch this place or feel it

♪ Out here it's like
I'm someone else - Love, Tom

♪ Out here it's like I'm someone else

♪ Mama cut out pictures
of houses for years - Love, Tom

♪ Mama cut out pictures of houses for years

♪ From Better Homes
and Garden magazine - Love, Tom

♪ From Better Homes and Garden magazine

♪ You leave home
You move on - Love, Tom

♪ You leave home You move on

♪ I thought if I could touch
this place or feel it - Love, Tom

♪ I thought if I could touch this place or feel it

♪ This brokenness inside me
might start healing - Love, Tom

♪ This brokenness inside me might start healing

♪ If I could just come in
I swear I'll leave - Love, Tom

♪ If I could just come in I swear I'll leave

There's The House That Built Me
and then there are the homes - Love, Tom

There's The House That Built Me and then there are the ...

When I moved my family
to Nashville - Love, Tom

When I moved my family to Nashville

I hope your life is messy
and complicated - Love, Tom

I hope your life is messy and complicated

My wife and children walk
in and out of the words - Love, Tom

My wife and children walk in and out of the words

Little Rock was about my dad,
but I couldn't stop there. - Love, Tom

Little Rock was about my dad, but I couldn't stop there...

1994, the son becomes
the father - Love, Tom

1994, the son becomes the father

My life was evolving
and so were my songs. - Love, Tom

My life was evolving and so were my songs.

When the doctor said,
"Congratulations, you have a..." - Love, Tom

When the doctor said, "Congratulations, you have a...&q...

Without Tommy, no Drunk Girl, - Love, Tom

Without Tommy, no Drunk Girl,

♪ Take a drunk girl home ♪ - Love, Tom

♪ Take a drunk girl home ♪

I flew out to California
and as the sun burned down - Love, Tom

I flew out to California and as the sun burned down

I was absolutely panic stricken,
'cause they needed - Love, Tom

I was absolutely panic stricken, 'cause they needed

So I flew home to Nashville
the next day - Love, Tom

So I flew home to Nashville the next day

"It's gotta be amazing." - Love, Tom

"It's gotta be amazing."

It's ironic now, looking back,
that I was trying to write - Love, Tom

It's ironic now, looking back, that I was trying to wri...

About midweek, I was sitting
on the porch and I was brooding, - Love, Tom

About midweek, I was sitting on the porch and I was brooding...

You'd think she would
chastise me and lower the boom - Love, Tom

You'd think she would chastise me and lower the boom

Instead, she gave me
a kiss on the cheek - Love, Tom

Instead, she gave me a kiss on the cheek

And then she asked,
"What's the story about?" - Love, Tom

And then she asked, "What's the story about?"

"Tell me about that." - Love, Tom

"Tell me about that."

"I say, 'I love you,'
they say, 'Love you more.'" - Love, Tom

"I say, 'I love you,' they say, 'Love yo...

Fathers and daughters,
it's beautiful - Love, Tom

Fathers and daughters, it's beautiful

All my hopes and dreams and
aspirations bled into this song. - Love, Tom

All my hopes and dreams and aspirations bled into this song.

♪ You beautiful baby
from the outside in - Love, Tom

♪ You beautiful baby from the outside in

♪ Someday, some boy will come
and ask me for your hand - Love, Tom

♪ Someday, some boy will come and ask me for your hand

"You can go fast
if you wanna go alone. - Love, Tom

"You can go fast if you wanna go alone.

"But if you wanna go far,
you gotta go together." - Love, Tom

"But if you wanna go far, you gotta go together."

Thirty years after watching
The Beatles - Love, Tom

Thirty years after watching The Beatles

It said, "June 1st,
Number One, 1994, - Love, Tom

It said, "June 1st, Number One, 1994,

He'd given me
the blessing of his love - Love, Tom

He'd given me the blessing of his love

And he showed it to every nurse
and doctor and orderly - Love, Tom

And he showed it to every nurse and doctor and orderly

♪ About the age that he was - Love, Tom

♪ About the age that he was

♪ I'm the son of a salesman - Love, Tom

♪ I'm the son of a salesman

Sorry, it goes with the job.
Hank said it best, - Love, Tom

Sorry, it goes with the job. Hank said it best,

We have to write because a
frightened mom and daddy - Love, Tom

We have to write because a frightened mom and daddy

And the singer
on a stage in Afghanistan - Love, Tom

And the singer on a stage in Afghanistan

And sometimes
you just wanna - Love, Tom

And sometimes you just wanna

We have brilliant advocates
who will help us reconcile - Love, Tom

We have brilliant advocates who will help us reconcile

If the art is compelling,
we will get paid. - Love, Tom

If the art is compelling, we will get paid.

We have a gift
and with that gift comes - Love, Tom

We have a gift and with that gift comes

We're responsible
not to become the victims - Love, Tom

We're responsible not to become the victims

We're nothing but swords
cutting daisies. - Love, Tom

We're nothing but swords cutting daisies.

And the result of both
these catastrophes - Love, Tom

And the result of both these catastrophes

Idols ultimately require
everything from you. - Love, Tom

Idols ultimately require everything from you.

In closing, my dear friend,
in the end and in the beginning, - Love, Tom

In closing, my dear friend, in the end and in the beginning,

He allows us to participate
in this heavenly endeavor - Love, Tom

He allows us to participate in this heavenly endeavor

And when we save one boy
and save one girl, - Love, Tom

And when we save one boy and save one girl,

So tonight all's well,
but put your pen to paper - Love, Tom

So tonight all's well, but put your pen to paper

Don't give up on something
that you love, - Love, Tom

Don't give up on something that you love,

That's why you're here.
Love, Tom. - Love, Tom

That's why you're here. Love, Tom.

TOM: That's why you're here.
That's why. - Love, Tom

TOM: That's why you're here. That's why.

♪ Through the dirt
and the gravel - Love, Tom

♪ Through the dirt and the gravel

♪ Every road
that you traveled - Love, Tom

♪ Every road that you traveled

♪ Through the clear
and the muddy - Love, Tom

♪ Through the clear and the muddy

♪ And through
all of the words - Love, Tom

♪ And through all of the words

♪ Through the strings
that unravel - Love, Tom

♪ Through the strings that unravel

♪ From the crazy
and the different - Love, Tom

♪ From the crazy and the different

♪ To the ends of the Earth - Love, Tom

♪ To the ends of the Earth

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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

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Released: 24 Feb 2022

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