Lyric discussion by DMax 

Cover art for Laredo lyrics by Band of Horses

So, after having this song stuck in my head all week, I was also curious about some of the lyrics. It hit me when I pulled up the song video from metacafe which was different from the video I had previously seen. It is a collection of black and white pictures from what appears to be a 'road trip'. I paused on one of the first road signs which shows an intersection of Hwy 395 with Carson City to the left and Coleville to the right. Why is this all relevant you might ask? That is a road which is in or near Eldorado National Forest. Phonetically... if you say Eldorado with a strong A sound, it can sounds a lot like Laredo. ie. "Gonna take a trip ta eldarAdo" All of the images in the black and white video from Metacafe seem to show places all around this area. Also if you wiki El Dorado there might be some reference there too.

Thinking about it more.. this might have been a bit of a stretch, but I think both videos were probably shot in the same areas in So Cal/Nevada... nothing to do with Texas.

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