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Love, Tom

I've had weeks to prepare.My publisher has set this up

I've had weeks to prepare.
My publisher has set this up

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I've had weeks to prepare. My publisher has set this up.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:18
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 walk over shakily to my keyboard - Love, Tom 00:08
I walk over shakily to my keyboard
I put my hands on the ivories and I say, - Love, Tom 00:21
I put my hands on the ivories and I say,
Instead, they jump up in unison and they say, - Love, Tom 00:17
Instead, they jump up in unison and they say,
[PLAYS PIANO] - Love, Tom 00:40
[PLAYS PIANO]
♪ When lies become the truth - Love, Tom 00:06
♪ When lies become the truth
♪ That's when I run to you - Love, Tom 00:05
♪ That's when I run to you
♪ This world keeps spinning faster - Love, Tom 00:30
♪ This world keeps spinning faster
I really had an idyllic life until about 1975. - Love, Tom 00:06
I really had an idyllic life until about 1975.
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