We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Vox Box (Burnt Taters)

by Burnt Taters

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $7 USD  or more

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Our very first outing, back when we were "Burnt"! *Let us know if you want it autographed!*

    Includes unlimited streaming of Vox Box (Burnt Taters) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 5 days
    edition of 150 
    Purchasable with gift card

      $9.99 USD or more 

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 13 The Taters releases available on Bandcamp and save 25%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Goodbye Girl, Sweet Mary, SHINY & BRITE!, DON'T SCREAM! Songs to Keep You Up at Night!, Taters PARTY!, Queen of the USA, Cocoanut Jewelry - 2nd jingle, 2010, menagerie, and 5 more. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $41.25 USD or more (25% OFF)

     

1.
2.
Man With a Plan ©1998, Craig Evans & Gary Walker, BMI. All Rights Reserved There's been a lot of ways You've let me down before Losing my salad days On shows you wouldn't explore Now there's a sadness creeping in It feels like this is the end Everybody say a man came by today With a better plan for taking you away Wish I had my story down When the sound Of his crown cuts through I really don't believe it's true Outside my window I can see a street of gold I should be walking there But I might have grown too old Nowhere on earth I'd rather be But time's no guarantee I feel the weather turn And the winter coming on If there's a fire to burn Then it won't be burning long Now as you turn the key to go You won't be back, I know...
3.
Until The Time Is Right © 1998 Craig Evans, BMI. All Rights Reserved There are some things I can't tell you Until the time is right For sometimes all the promises I make to you tonight Won't seem as real tomorrow When the sunshine makes you doubt So for now I'll keep my secrets Until the time is right There are some things I should say to you But I think you know So for now I'll keep on waiting And try to take it slow I know what I'm feeling I can see through the candlelight But I'll keep my heart a secret Until the time is right Ask me tomorrow My secrets can wait If you knew what I'm thinking of You'd know why it can never be too late It's better not to rush things In the passion fog of night So I'll keep my heart a secret Until the time is right
4.
© 1998 Craig Evans, BMI. All Rights Reserved Shut all the windows, it's almost time to go I won't be coming back here like I did before This last time is the last time I'll ever let you know The power you hold over me Away, I need to be I think I'll take a walk around the world I'll find the other people who have Done the same things wrong And when we've sat, and talked, and cried I might come home And maybe when I do then you'll be gone Maybe you'll be gone I used to think that you just didn't know I waited while you traded "For Sale" for show But I was just too lonely to ever tell you no I couldn't hold you anymore I had to say good-bye You never would admit that I was wrong I never saw me changing You saw it all along
5.
© 1998 Craig Evans, BMI. All Rights Reserved Just one night and every day Got a whole lot better Little things don't bother me When we're together I hadn't seen you in so long Since you left everything's gone wrong Now you're back in town And everything seems right After just one night Just one night alone with you Showed my what I'm missing The way we used to talk And all that time spent kissing That old sun got brighter today I hope this time it's here to stay And this time feels to me Just like it might After just one night I'll never understand it What brought you to that place The angels must have planned it I can see it in your face Just one night and I feel like I've Seen a glimpse of the promised land I hope that you can feel it too When I hold your hand I can't wait to see you again I want to tell you how it's been I want to open up And show you what's inside After just one night
6.
In The End 03:17
©1998 Craig Evans & Gary Walker, BMI. All Rights Reserved It was tough growing up in a home like that There's no sleep in that loud lullaby And at night when they'd fight They'd turn on the light And he'd sit all alone and he'd cry It's done now, she's left on the midnight train Leaving only the books and the boy In his coat was a note to her son she wrote To make up for all of the noise In the end when all the counting is done And you look back to see when you've come In the end you'll know just what you have won And who really cared In his days as a man he would learn the plan Now she's gone, his wife, he loved her so And he's grown and he's known on the cornerstones He remembers the note long ago
7.
© Lennon & McCartney
8.
Mr Molio 04:20
©1998 Craig Evans & Gary Walker, BMI. All Rights Reserved When the shot rang out Everybody hit the floor Like a man in flames I headed for the door It's the job I hate I wonder will it ever end Wouldn't that be great? I'll never begin This kind of thing again Two to go, Mr. Molio Have I done quite well? Would you go and tell my mother? Two to go, Mr. Molio Am I next in line? Can I go and find my brother? When the clock ran out The minute hand was like a knife There's just one more hour The time of my life I've got two to do Before the sun comes up If I only knew, If I could just touch I figure I've done enough.
9.
Easy Way Out 02:52
© 1998 Craig Evans, BMI. All Rights Reserved It tears me up to turn you down I feel like hiding underground I've looked around but it can't be found I want an easy way out of your heart It hurts to love you, hurts to leave Hurts to watch the way you weave I've got to leave this make believe I want an easy way out of your heart Never heard you say you need me And I got tired of hearing What you mean to me If we could have this chance again Chance to start another end I still recall when we were friends I want an easy way out of your heart
10.
© 1998 Brad Tucker, BMI. All Rights Reserved Don't change the way you play Every sight, every sound You're so strange, you make my day I pray you're keeping me around and around The things you do, the things you say Keep me up, keep me up at night And I know it's okay even when it's not alright I was down for the count when my number came up It took some looking but now I see You're too much, but I can't get enough You're all the trouble I need Am I wrong to want to stay Show me everything, I'll learn Something new every day It's getting late but I'll wait my turn
11.
Waiting Game 03:16
©1998 Craig Evans & Gary Walker, BMI. All Rights Reserved They wait behind the door One by one they find out more The hardest part is still outside Just waiting The talk goes round and round But the terms are still the same Now I'm sitting in this room again Playing the waiting game When will you decide What you're gonna do with me? In the meantime now I'm stuck outside Just waiting The talk goes round and round But the girls are still the same Now there's three men with their hands in chains Playing the waiting game Something might be happening With all this waiting Something might be happening You could turn, you could go But you might never know A front porch with a chair Tired years of sitting there Wonder who might come inside Just waiting The talk goes round and round But the house is still the same Now there's one less day but no less shame One more man to go insane Playing the waiting game
12.
© 1998 Craig Evans, BMI. All Rights Reserved I heard some people talking yesterday And they said you were gonna put me by the way Well, I just wish you would come to me When you got something to say I'm not gonna let another restaurant rumour Spoil my day I just got back in town from a weekend trip I overheard something, baby, it made me flip They saw you last night, you were out on the town With my best friend, you were fooling around I'm not gonna let another restaurant rumour Come my way Restaurant rumours Well, I hear them all the time Sitting here eating my blue plate special And choking on every line When I'm looking at the waitress And she's smiling at me funny Then I know right away You been talking 'bout me, honey With your restaurant rumours Giving me a knife in the back Well, it seems like this has been happening quite a lot I never know why, but I find out when and what I'm sitting in the cafe just having my dinner Hear my little blue angel is a red-hot sinner I'm not gonna let another restaurant rumour Spoil my day
13.
© 1998 Craig Evans, BMI & Clark Ball. All Rights Reserved She will make you bring her stuff Then she says it's not enough That's when things start getting rough My wicked Aunt Lavinia Always one in every crowd Always talking way too loud Makes a fellow mighty proud My wicked Aunt Lavinia She has many attributes, I bet But I haven't seen any of 'em yet If you think that life's a sin And there's too much sufferin' Got some news for you, my friend My wicked Aunt Lavinia Never likes to go to work And that's not her only quirk She thinks everyone's a jerk My wicked Aunt Lavinia She has lots of hills and bumps Rolls, holes, spills, and lumps Looks like she was made of stumps My wicked Aunt Lavinia
14.
© 1998 Craig Evans, BMI. All Rights Reserved If I left it up to you It wouldn't be long 'til we were through You've got to try a little harder Love a little longer Hold me like you mean it Let me know you need me Don't you ever make me doubt The love I just can't live without Won't you try and love me to Colder shoulder We're both getting older Polar soul or jelly roller Now's the time to let me know Don't let this chance go by Don't leave me here to cry
15.
29 Days 04:59
© 1998 Craig Evans, BMI. All Rights Reserved In 29 days I'll get you back You've had your month away In 29 days you're coming home I started count today In 29 days you'll let me know If you're gonna stay I guess you'll get the final say in 29 days In 29 days I'll get another chance To make the same mistake In 29 days I'll find out How much we can take In 29 days I guess I'll know When to make my break I'll find out if I stay or go in 29 days It seems like years ago Since you packed and ran away You told me that a month alone Would help us find our way I made it through one 24 Now my poor heart just breaks I wonder what I'll have to say in 29 days In 29 days you'll find me here In front of my TV In 29 days I bet you I'll be Quite a sight to see 29 days alone in this room Counting down from three I wonder what this boy will be in 29 days

about

Back when we were Burnt! Everyone starts somewhere, and, for the Taters, it was here! Our first album started out as a demo and ended up with a Billboard "Critic's Choice" award! Recorded on a borrowed 8-track ADAT in our drummer's garage over the course of a few days.

Includes the mysterious "Mr Molio" and the original version of "Just One Night".

We consider this sort of our baby photos - definitely not fully formed yet, but it has a charm of its own!

credits

released May 30, 1999

Recording & mixing: George Garrett & Craig Evans
Mastering: Bill McElroy, Slipped Disc Audio
Production & arrangements: The Taters
Cover Art: Mr Molio

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

The Taters Richmond, Virginia

Roots-pop: an eclectic mix of roots-rock, power-pop, country, and Americana, a sound that's been described as "Country roots- pop with the genius songwriting of 60's & 70's power-pop, …a curious mix of Mavericks, Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison and Beatles" Billboard magazine calls it "American roots-rock with thoroughly modern, totally hip sensibilities" ... more

contact / help

Contact The Taters

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

The Taters recommends:

If you like Vox Box (Burnt Taters), you may also like: