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Love, Tom

"The next big thingis coming to your studio "in a couple of weeks, big boy.What you got...

"The next big thing
is coming to your studio "in a couple of weeks, big boy.
What you got for us?" I didn't answer. I walked over, carefully picked him up
by the tail, avoid biting as he screamed
profanities at me, put him in the mason jar, screwed down
the brass lid, kaboom

Full Transcript

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"The next big thing is coming to your studio
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"in a couple of weeks, big boy. What you got for us?"
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I didn't answer. I walked over,
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carefully picked him up by the tail,
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avoid biting as he screamed profanities at me,
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put him in the mason jar,
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screwed down the brass lid, kaboom.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:48
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.
If a cat has nine lives, a rat has 99 times 99 lives. - Love, Tom 00:07
If a cat has nine lives, a rat has 99 times 99 lives.
You never kill the rat, you just have to - Love, Tom 00:07
You never kill the rat, you just have to
Don't worry about getting it right, - Love, Tom 00:05
Don't worry about getting it right,
And we can rewrite and rewrite and rewrite. - Love, Tom 00:05
And we can rewrite and rewrite and rewrite.
In the spring of 2009, the rat got in my head. - Love, Tom 00:07
In the spring of 2009, the rat got in my head.
I started thinking about trying to write a hit - Love, Tom 00:06
I started thinking about trying to write a hit
[ENGINE STARTS] - Love, Tom 00:10
[ENGINE STARTS]
The weekend before, I was gonna run - Love, Tom 00:08
The weekend before, I was gonna run
It's the desolate wasteland, the metroplex. - Love, Tom 00:06
It's the desolate wasteland, the metroplex.
It's boring and it's heartless, - Love, Tom 00:07
It's boring and it's heartless,
I saw a guy in a yellow chicken suit - Love, Tom 00:06
I saw a guy in a yellow chicken suit
And a mature group of women in matching purple tutus, - Love, Tom 00:07
And a mature group of women in matching purple tutus,
Then I saw him, or at least the back of him. - Love, Tom 00:05
Then I saw him, or at least the back of him.
His t-shirt read, "I run this town." - Love, Tom 00:09
His t-shirt read, "I run this town."
I was delirious. I run this town like a mafia boss. - Love, Tom 00:06
I was delirious. I run this town like a mafia boss.
I really hated myself and I really hated running. - Love, Tom 00:06
I really hated myself and I really hated running.
I thought of the rat sitting comfortably - Love, Tom 00:08
I thought of the rat sitting comfortably
All I know is I run and run - Love, Tom 00:07
All I know is I run and run
Monday morning 10 a.m., the fresh faced trio - Love, Tom 00:07
Monday morning 10 a.m., the fresh faced trio
They say, "What do you got for us?" - Love, Tom 00:05
They say, "What do you got for us?"