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So, I did what any good writer does. I wrote him back
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Love, Tom

So, I did what any good writerdoes. I wrote him back

So, I did what any good writer
does. I wrote him back

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So, I did what any good writer does. I wrote him back.
Duration
7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:01:39
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.
"Dear friend, you asked me why the hell am I here. - Love, Tom 00:06
"Dear friend, you asked me why the hell am I here.
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." - Love, Tom 00:09
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth...
Create. A verb which means to bring something into existence. - Love, Tom 00:07
Create. A verb which means to bring something into existence...
People have often asked me about the creative process. - Love, Tom 00:05
People have often asked me about the creative process.
You're soaping up your armpits and suddenly you realize - Love, Tom 00:08
You're soaping up your armpits and suddenly you realize
And when that happens, something cracks inside your skull - Love, Tom 00:17
And when that happens, something cracks inside your skull
And the next thing you do, I mean the very next thing, - Love, Tom 00:07
And the next thing you do, I mean the very next thing,
You have to get your soapy ass to a piano, - Love, Tom 00:06
You have to get your soapy ass to a piano,
Hell, even a set of water glasses - Love, Tom 00:08
Hell, even a set of water glasses
That little ditty that you're humming in your head - Love, Tom 00:10
That little ditty that you're humming in your head
So you have to hold it down by those tiny little wings - Love, Tom 00:07
So you have to hold it down by those tiny little wings
And then you look up and you realize - Love, Tom 00:09
And then you look up and you realize
And there she stands with her bags packed - Love, Tom 00:15
And there she stands with her bags packed
It's shredded and thrown up into the air like confetti, - Love, Tom 00:09
It's shredded and thrown up into the air like confetti,
So you get in the shower the next morning - Love, Tom 00:16
So you get in the shower the next morning
And suddenly you realize you're humming a tune. - Love, Tom 00:06
And suddenly you realize you're humming a tune.
There's something in that whole damned drama - Love, Tom 00:06
There's something in that whole damned drama
The struggle can't be all for nothing. - Love, Tom 00:06
The struggle can't be all for nothing.
And you have an idea and it's good, - Love, Tom 00:07
And you have an idea and it's good,
And then you spot land and you have a verse - Love, Tom 00:13
And then you spot land and you have a verse