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Love, Tom

"Your past is not your poison, "your past isyour greatest gift

"Your past is not your poison, "your past is
your greatest gift

Full Transcript

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"Your past is not your poison,
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"your past is your greatest gift.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:09
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.
"Go write about the brokenness, - Love, Tom 00:10
"Go write about the brokenness,
About a year later, I pulled in the parking lot - Love, Tom 00:11
About a year later, I pulled in the parking lot
Unable to speak, he'd become a shell of a man - Love, Tom 00:13
Unable to speak, he'd become a shell of a man
Usually, when I went to see him, - Love, Tom 00:11
Usually, when I went to see him,
My anger, fury, simmering and disjointed prayers - Love, Tom 00:10
My anger, fury, simmering and disjointed prayers
I turned the corner, the lights were on, - Love, Tom 00:09
I turned the corner, the lights were on,
He said, "Buddy, I love this one." - Love, Tom 00:20
He said, "Buddy, I love this one."
"Tommy, would you like a piece of Freedent gum?" - Love, Tom 00:08
"Tommy, would you like a piece of Freedent gum?"
After 19 years of living with a ghost, - Love, Tom 00:08
After 19 years of living with a ghost,
And I suppose that's why I love songs - Love, Tom 00:07
And I suppose that's why I love songs
♪ Well I know I've disappeared a time or two - Love, Tom 00:14
♪ Well I know I've disappeared a time or two
♪ I needed a new town for my new start - Love, Tom 00:07
♪ I needed a new town for my new start
♪ Selling VCR's in Arkansas at a Walmart - Love, Tom 00:29
♪ Selling VCR's in Arkansas at a Walmart
♪ Sorry that I cried when I talked to you last night - Love, Tom 00:14
♪ Sorry that I cried when I talked to you last night
♪ I'm solid as a stone, baby, wait and see - Love, Tom 00:06
♪ I'm solid as a stone, baby, wait and see
♪ I've got just one small problem here in Little Rock - Love, Tom 00:13
♪ I've got just one small problem here in Little Rock
♪ Lying here upon this motel bed - Love, Tom 00:07
♪ Lying here upon this motel bed
♪ Thoughts of you explode inside my head - Love, Tom 00:13
♪ Thoughts of you explode inside my head
♪ I let love crumble in my hand - Love, Tom 00:14
♪ I let love crumble in my hand
TOM: And we followed the song - Love, Tom 00:20
TOM: And we followed the song