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The 2008 Toro and the Argument I Lost

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One More Winter

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Giuseppe "The Slab" Pagano · CAD

December hit the garage door like a framing hammer, and there she was—the old Toro, seized solid as a frozen footing. Brenda stood in the doorway, arms crossed.

"Curbside, Joe. It's dead."

I had the spark plug out on the bench and a wrench on the piston. The thing hadn't thrown snow since 2008. But I wasn't about to let it go.

My son's F-550 rumbled out by the wall, diesel fogging the cold air. That truck's got more winters left than me, probably. My knees sounded like gravel in a cement mixer when I crouched down.

"A little choke, a little pull," I said. Brenda just shook her head.

I slipped off the wrench and skinned my knuckles raw on the frozen block. Swore loud enough the neighbor's dog started up. But I kept at it, because somewhere in the back of my head I heard my old man's voice—never toss a motor 'fore you've swapped the clamp.

The Toro's still in the garage. So am I.

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Liner Notes
[Intro]
(dial tone... three tones, dead air)
Out of hours. You're through.
(click, click, click — that's the catalogue, that's the keys)
You've been through to parts... parts... parts...

[Verse]
Counter shut at half five, love, we've just stepped out the back
Kettle's on in the office, someone's having a sit-down
If it's a bolt, a bracket, a gasket or a clip
It's in the warehouse — it has always been in the warehouse

[Chorus]
You've been through to parts (parts, parts, parts)
Please leave the make, the model, and the year
You've been through to parts (parts, parts, parts)
The make, the model, and the year
Genuine parts only (genuine parts only)
Genuine parts only
The part exists — the part has always existed
Leave the make, the model, and the year

[Verse]
Our trade counter is currently busy (busy, busy)
Our trade counter is currently busy
We'll ring you back just as soon as somebody's free
And somebody is always free for a part

[Chorus]
You've been through to parts (parts, parts, parts)
Please leave the make, the model, and the year
You've been through to parts (parts, parts, parts)
The make, the model, and the year
Genuine parts only (genuine parts only)
Genuine parts only
The part exists — the part has always existed
Leave the make, the model, and the year

[Bridge]
Hi, you're through to Reg— (he hasn't, he hasn't)
(modem handshake rising... Reg picks up internally)
If it's metal and it once went on a van
There's one in a bag with the year wrote on it
The sun comes up, the part is in
The sun comes up, the part is in
Please leave the make — the make, the model — the model, and the year

[Chorus]
You've been through to parts (parts, parts, parts)
Please leave the make, the model, and the year
You've been through to parts (parts, parts, parts)
The make, the model, and the year
Genuine parts only (genuine parts only)
Genuine parts only
The part exists — the part has always existed
Leave the make, the model, and the year

[Outro]
Thank you for holding for nobody
Somebody's holding it for you
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