Songfacts®:

• One of Rickie Lee Jones' most enduring tracks, "The Last Chance Texaco" uses the metaphor of a lonely gas station on the edge of town to describe a woman who just might settle for a guy she knows isn't right, since it might be her last chance. In a Songfacts interview with Jones, she said it was a great example of how she translates feelings into song. "'Last Chance Texaco' is always right on," she said of the audience response.
• A track from the first Rickie Lee Jones album, this song uses a lot of automotive imagery. Standard and Mobil are other gas stations, representing what the guy tried to be before settling on Texaco. If this woman in the song represents the car, she's broken down: her problems read like a mechanic's assessment:
  
  The battery went dead
  Her plug's disconnected
  
  This guy can get her up and running again, but she knows another breakdown is inevitable.