Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
“Laredo Tornado” follows on from “Boy Blue” (on the album Eldorado), transporting the dreamer to a new setting, becoming most likely an American Indian immediately after European invasion.
The song laments the good times that are gone (symbolized by the summer/warming imagery), and compares them un...
[Verse 1]
Summer days, where did you go?
You've made me feel so bad
Clouds fill the sky, gone is the dream
My happy hunting ground
Wild buffalo played
And I never saw a rainy day
But it looks like summer days
Ain't coming back
[Verse 2]
March, April, May, June and July, ah
You took me for a fool
Big Chief, he lie, cold wind blows cruel, ah
So cold to make you die
Mountain breeze, ocean bay
And I never saw a rainy day
But it looks like them summer days
Ain't coming back
[Chorus]
Laredo tornado
Adios, amigos
[Bridge]
What can you do
When your dream world is gone
And your friends and lovers, too?
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
[Verse 3]
West Winter Street, under the ground
The air that makes you choke
Towers of concrete, hellish go-round
Were there when I awoke
City sky pouring down with rain
That can never hope to ease the pain
And it looks like summer days
Ain't coming back
[Chorus]
Laredo tornado
Adios, amigos
Laredo tornado
Adios, amigos
Laredo Tornado was written by Jeff Lynne.
Laredo Tornado was produced by Jeff Lynne.
Electric Light Orchestra released Laredo Tornado on Sat Sep 28 1974.
“Kind of a protest dream about the proliferation of concrete.” –Jeff Lynne