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Love, Tom

I graduated from college,my sister getting married, my father retiringfrom U.S. Steel with...

I graduated from college,
my sister getting married, my father retiring
from U.S. Steel with a gold watch
and a 45-year pen

Full Transcript

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I graduated from college, my sister getting married,
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my father retiring from U.S. Steel
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with a gold watch and a 45-year pen.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:46
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.
'75 to '82's kind of a watercolor blur. - Love, Tom 00:06
'75 to '82's kind of a watercolor blur.
It was days and days of my father staying in bed, - Love, Tom 00:10
It was days and days of my father staying in bed,
It was doctor's offices, psychologists, - Love, Tom 00:12
It was doctor's offices, psychologists,
It was lifelong friends of my father whispering - Love, Tom 00:09
It was lifelong friends of my father whispering
They gave up, he gave up, I wanted to give up. - Love, Tom 00:05
They gave up, he gave up, I wanted to give up.
But I can't give up on something that I love, - Love, Tom 00:08
But I can't give up on something that I love,
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