My Mad Caddies Experience

So, I needed to hear some live music before I hit up Europe. Therefore, Ben, Matt Troatta and I went to see Mad Caddies last night. Oddly enough, the Mad Caddies are playing in Switzerland when I'm there and not very far from me at some outdoor festival, I may just go.

For some reason, ska shows are loooooong. We had to sit through four or five other so-so bands before the Caddies came on. One really good band played: Ghost Town Local. They're really young, play rockin' ska and have this really cute little girl as their lead singer. The rest of the bands made me want to bang my head against something.

The Caddies were worth it. So much energy and everyone was dancing. The usual protocol with shows is that, if the crowd is tame and small enough (which it was) the boys don't mind leaving me to go dance in the pit (I stay out of skank pits, I hate elbows in the mouth). However, Benny came to dance with me during "Drinking for 11." It was the nicest thing, he sang it to me and we were just dancing together to the awesome reggae-y beat. It was definitely one of the sweetest moments in my life.

drinking for eleven, that's just what I do,
When I'm not with you, my heart goes to bed

End of the bar, that's just where I'll be,
Don't try and come find me,
'Cause I'm already dead

With one eye tied upon the open road,
I feel your presence and I can't let it go
It moves so slowly as it creeps into my mind,
Steals every breath I have and leaves my heart behind

I wanna know what you're feeling if you're feeling alone,
I wanna hear if you still care
The last time I remember you was the last time I wasn't scared

When the night starts fadin' and the mornin' arrives,
I wanna still feel you around
Will you creep into my head again and pick me up off the ground?
Once more, tell me what you're fighting for

Gotta try, gotta try for tomorrow
you can't see through today
Gotta try, gotta try for tomorrow
you can't see through today
There's nowhere left to stay

Sometimes I feel like I'm out here all alone,
Just one in a million stuck with no place left to go

Fear steps up to me with every move that I make
Following close behind my soul it wants to take

I wanna know what you're feeling if you're feeling alone,
I wanna hear if you still care
The last time I remember you was the last time I wasn't scared

When the night starts fadin' and the mornin' arrives
I wanna still feel you around
Will you creep into my head again and pick me up off the ground?
Once more, tell me what you're fighting for

Gotta try, gotta try for tomorrow
you can't see through today
Gotta try, gotta try for tomorrow
you can't see through today
There's nowhere left to stay

Drinking for eleven, that's just what I do,
When I'm not with you, my heart goes to bed.