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Love, Tom

And my mother called meand I could tell that my father's slow motion suicidewas driving...

And my mother called me
and I could tell that my father's slow motion suicide
was driving her insane, so I brought my father
to live with me in Nashville

Full Transcript

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And my mother called me and I could tell that
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my father's slow motion suicide was driving her insane,
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so I brought my father to live with me in Nashville.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:47
Uploaded
Mar 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Sandbox Productions,Sony Music Entertainment

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Movie Summary

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.
And when he left home, he would never go back - Love, Tom 00:09
And when he left home, he would never go back
My songwriting wasn't gaining any traction - Love, Tom 00:16
My songwriting wasn't gaining any traction
The only way that I could pierce - Love, Tom 00:10
The only way that I could pierce
Songs of Nat King Cole and Sinatra - Love, Tom 00:08
Songs of Nat King Cole and Sinatra
And freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose, - Love, Tom 00:10
And freedom's just another word for nothing left to los...
My father loved Kris Kristofferson. - Love, Tom 00:06
My father loved Kris Kristofferson.
As poorly as I had done in the music business, - Love, Tom 00:08
As poorly as I had done in the music business,
But interest rates went to twenty percent - Love, Tom 00:07
But interest rates went to twenty percent
It was about 1992 and sometimes in the afternoon, - Love, Tom 00:10
It was about 1992 and sometimes in the afternoon,
We'd drive out to some shopping center, - Love, Tom 00:12
We'd drive out to some shopping center,
"I lease the shopping center down the road." - Love, Tom 00:07
"I lease the shopping center down the road."
At the same time I'm having an audible conversation - Love, Tom 00:23
At the same time I'm having an audible conversation
"How's that working out for ya?" - Love, Tom 00:09
"How's that working out for ya?"
"Where am I from and to whom do I belong?" - Love, Tom 00:08
"Where am I from and to whom do I belong?"
"Your past is not your poison, - Love, Tom 00:06
"Your past is not your poison,
"Go write about the brokenness, - Love, Tom 00:10
"Go write about the brokenness,
About a year later, I pulled in the parking lot - Love, Tom 00:11
About a year later, I pulled in the parking lot
Unable to speak, he'd become a shell of a man - Love, Tom 00:13
Unable to speak, he'd become a shell of a man
Usually, when I went to see him, - Love, Tom 00:11
Usually, when I went to see him,
My anger, fury, simmering and disjointed prayers - Love, Tom 00:10
My anger, fury, simmering and disjointed prayers