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I really had an idyllic life until about 1975
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Love, Tom

I really had an idyllic lifeuntil about 1975

I really had an idyllic life
until about 1975

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I really had an idyllic life until about 1975.
Duration
6 seconds
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22
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:42
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.
I graduated from college, my sister getting married, - Love, Tom 00:12
I graduated from college, my sister getting married,
'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."