The last verse of this song really tells the story. A small time loser with big dreams. His girlfriend is ready to dump him because he hocked her radio, but he'll show her that at long last he is going to succeed at something ("she'll see this time I wasn't just talking, then I'm going to go out walking") even if that something is some small time criminal act. But alas, even this is doomed to fail. Eddie's friend doesn't even have a way to get to this meeting, the last words of our hero "Hey Eddie, can you get us a ride?" just show his hopelessness.
The last verse of this song really tells the story. A small time loser with big dreams. His girlfriend is ready to dump him because he hocked her radio, but he'll show her that at long last he is going to succeed at something ("she'll see this time I wasn't just talking, then I'm going to go out walking") even if that something is some small time criminal act. But alas, even this is doomed to fail. Eddie's friend doesn't even have a way to get to this meeting, the last words of our hero "Hey Eddie, can you get us a ride?" just show his hopelessness.