“Laredo” was named after Laredo, Texas, a city lying on the southern border and the Rio Grande, but frontman Ben Bridwell claimed he was looking out at a lake in Minnesota when this song was written.
[Verse 1]
Gonna take a trip to Laredo
Gonna take a dip in the lake
Oh, I'm at a crossroads with myself
I don't got no one else
Impossibilities at the door
I won't be needing them anymore
Oh is this the first time in your life
It's hard just to get by?
[Chorus]
But oh, my love, don't you even know?
And oh, my love, are you really gone?
[Verse 2]
Can you see the world through a window?
Are you havin' troubles in droves?
Oh, it ain't the worst thing I could do
Is get back home to you
I put a bullet in my Kia Lorenzo
A kitchen knife up to my face
Throw me in the deep of Jammer Lake
Believe me when I say
[Chorus]
That oh, my love, you don't even call
And oh, my love, is that you on the phone? Oh
[Chorus]
Oh, my love, you don't even know
Oh, my love, are you really gone? Oh
Laredo was written by Ben Bridwell.
Laredo was produced by Band of Horses.
Band of Horses released Laredo on Sun Apr 18 2010.
I went to this cabin in Minnesota at the Canadian border and three or four of the songs on this record all came from the same four-day trip up there. I was just staring out at the lake for a couple of days and this one just kind of came out of nowhere.
Ben Bridwell, The Skinny