Little ditty about Jack and Diane
Ooh I love a good story.
Two American kids growin' up in the heartland
Okay setting up our protagonists, good so far.
Jackie gonna be a football star
All-American football player, got it.
Diane debutante backseat of Jackie's car
Oh it's one of those stories.
Suckin' on chili dogs outside the tastee freeze
Seting the stage, alright. And can I say what a weird slang "Suckin' on Chili dogs" is? Just saying.
Diane's sittin' on Jackie's lap
He's got his hand between her knees
Ooh sexay, I dig it.
Jackie say, hey, Diane
Let's run off behind a shady trees
...if you know what I mean! Eh! Eh! Thank you I'll be here all post.
Dribble off those Bobby Brooks
Let me do what I please
I actually had to look up what a "Bobby Brooks" was, turns out it was a cloathing Brand. So with that in mind... Bow Chicka Bow Wow!
Jackie Say aOh yeah, life goes onLong after the thrill of livin' is gone
Well that isn't ominous at all is it?
Say a
Oh yeah, life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin' is gone
They walk on
After such a happy start, only to talk about the loss of thrill of life. Well lets continue with the story.
Jackie sits back
Reflects his thoughts for the moment
Interesting, what kind of thoughts are going through our protagonists head? Let us continue.
Scratches his head
And does his best James Dean
Sorry but look, I know that James Dean was big in the Fifties. But let's face it his brand of Manlyness has not aged well, even by the standards of the eighties when this song was written. Tangent finished, moving on.
Well you know, Diane
We oughta run off to the city
Why would they need to run to the city I wonder? Let's continue and find out.
Diane says, baby
You ain't missin' nuth-in
Okay the story is getting a little on the vague side. This is not how story's are told Jackie!
But Jackie, say-a
Oh yeah, life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin' is gone
We still haven't got to the part where this means anything.
Oh yeah, I say, life goes onLong after the thrill of livin' is gone
You have no intention of finishing this story do you?
Gonna let it rock
What?
Let it roll
Oh no you are NOT changing the subject on me!
Let the Bible Belt come
And save my soul
Leave religion out of this, don't start something if you have no intention to finish it!
Hold on to sixteen as long as you can
Wha...huh? So you stop mid-story and have the gall to have the story's moral to cap it off? Poor form.
Changes come around real soon
Make us women and men
Sorry Why should I listen to your Moral when you won't even finish your story? It not applying to me, being 30 is entirely beside the point.
Oh yeah, life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin' is gone
Well I guess that's as good a moral as any, you still should've finished the damn story.
Oh yeah, I say, life goes onLong after the thrill of livin' is gone
And who is this "they" you keep talking about? You've mentioned them twice already.
Little ditty about Jack and Diane
Two American kids done the best they can
So what, you're starting over? What was Jack thinking about? Why did they have to go to the city? What was Diane insisting they weren't missing? These Questions need answers dammit!!!
Final Thoughts:
Okay so jokes aside, this was a pretty good song. I wasn't entirely joking about how the story just drops however. He does a good job setting up the storys focus but then what happed is left to the listeners Imagination. But the best that I can come up with is the story is about two kids that are sexually active (obviously) and having fun, when soemthing happens (the way the story was going I'd bet pregnancy, but I don't know for certain) that causes them to think about their lives in a way they never had to before. But like I said it's pure conjecture, that should've been cleared up in the song itself.
