If I tried to make a list of songs that mean something to me (not necessarily favorite songs), Used Cars would be on it. "Mister the day my number comes in I ain't ever gonna ride in no used car again" is how I feel when I travel. It's expensive and probably appears frivolous to a lot of people, but I'm able to do it, and it's amazing and all mine. In defense of the state of Nebraska, having driven the length of both Kansas and Nebraska (on consecutive days now that I think about it), Kansas makes Nebraska look like Times Square mixed with the Swiss Alps.
Nah, I love places like Nebraska, i'm not hatin'. It is a good metaphor for the sound of the album, though, especially when it was written because there was a lot of economic depression in that area of the world at the time as well. It just highlights all of the themes for me.