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[Verse - half-spoken, weary] The parts guy at the counter on Central Avenue He don't see the sweat on my neck He just stares at the spec sheet, says 'Pal, I got two So do you need a run or a start, what the heck' [Verse - rhythmic, picking up pace slightly] I'm holding a Maxed Out Mastercard, starting to bend Forty-two bucks for a Chinese-made part For a twenty-five year old Lennox I swore I'd defend And a marriage that froze at the very same start [Chorus - strained, a little louder] It just hums in place, but it can't turn the motor over It was dead on the line It just hums in place, but it can't turn the motor over Dead on the line [Verse - reflective, voice dropping low] She was quiet by August, a high-pressure switch And I was a low-charge fool I could sweat pipes and wire, but I couldn't find the glitch That would make a cold house feel cool [Verse - conversational, bitter] Thirty years of a sixty-cycle hum, not a spin Just the sound of a dying potential relay I replaced the contactor, checked the whole condenser fin But a start capacitor's failure just gets in the way [Chorus - a little more desperate, voice fraying] It just hums in place, but it can't turn the motor over It was dead on the line It just hums in place, but it can't turn the motor over Dead on the line [Bridge - quiet, to himself] I told the kid 'both,' and my face went red For the cooling I couldn't provide 'Cause a run cap maintains, but a start cap kicks dead The current required to feel something inside [Pedal steel solo] [Instrumental] [Verse - almost talking, defeated] So I'll fix the damn Legion, my duty's not done Pay with a card that's declined But a house that won't cool under Thunder Bay sun Is the loneliest thing you will find [Chorus - final, softer, accepting] It just hums in place, but it can't turn the motor over It was dead on the line It just hums in place, but it can't turn the motor over Dead on the line [Outro - whispery, receding] (Hums in place... can't turn it over...) (It was dead, dead on the line...)
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