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Love, Tom

But I can't give upon something that I love, and you can't either

But I can't give up
on something that I love, and you can't either

Full Transcript

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But I can't give up on something that I love,
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and you can't either.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:35
Uploaded
Mar 30, 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.
I was driving myself crazy - Love, Tom 00:07
I was driving myself crazy
And my mother called me and I could tell that - Love, Tom 00:13
And my mother called me and I could tell that
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