"Laredo Tornado"

A few years ago, I noted that in "Laredo Tornado," the arrangement becomes rather sparse for "What can you do / When your dream world is gone / And your friends and lovers, too?" and that this reflects that absence.  This morning, I was looking at the lyrics in the liner notes and had a related realization:  this is the only musically distinct section of the song*, so even structurally, there's a feeling of being alone.

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 *The choruses are the same; musically, the verses are only slightly different from each other; and even the prominent string parts in the coda have the same basis as the recurring guitar phrase.

"Laredo Tornado"

I listened to Eldorado yester-day and noticed a small thing about "Laredo Tornado."  The musical section beginning at ~2:27 is rather sparse, in terms of instruments and number of notes.  I think this is meant to illustrate musically the absence mentioned in the lyrics there:  "What can you do / When your dream world is gone / And your friends and lovers, too?"