Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
We can remember
– Ka taea e tatou te mahara
Swimming in December
– Te kaukau i te marama o tihema
Heading for the city lights in 1975
– E haere ana ki ngā rama o te taone i te tau 1975
We share in each other
– Te faaite tatou i roto i te tahi i te tahi
Nearer than farther
– He tata atu i te tawhiti
The scent of a lemon drips from your eyes
– Ka rere te kakara o te rēmana i ō kanohi
We are the people that rule the world
– Ko tātou ngā tāngata e whakahaere ana i te ao
A force running in every boy and girl
– He kaha e rere ana i roto i nga tama me nga kotiro
All rejoicing in the world
– Kia hari katoa i te ao
Take me now, we can try
– Tangohia ahau inaianei, ka taea e tatou te tamata
We lived an adventure
– I ora mātou i tētahi hīkoi
Love in the summer
– Te aroha i te raumati
Followed the sun till night
– I whai i te rā tae noa ki te pō
Reminiscing other times of life
– Te whakamahara i ētahi atu wā o te ora
For each every other
– Mo ia tangata
The feeling was stronger
– He kaha ake te mana’o
The shock hit eleven, got lost in your eyes
– I patua te tekau mā tahi e te ohorere, i ngaro i roto i ō kanohi
I can’t do well
– Kaore e taea e au te mahi pai
When I think you’re gonna leave me
– Ki taku whakaaro ka whakarere koe i ahau
But I’m gonna try
– Engari ka whakamatau ahau
Are you gonna leave me now?
– Ka whakarere koe i ahau inaianei?
Can’t you be believing now?
– Kaore e taea e koe te whakapono inaianei?
I can’t do well
– Kaore e taea e au te mahi pai
When I think you’re gonna leave me
– Ki taku whakaaro ka whakarere koe i ahau
But I’m gonna try
– Engari ka whakamatau ahau
Are you gonna leave me now?
– Ka whakarere koe i ahau inaianei?
Can’t you be believing now?
– Kaore e taea e koe te whakapono inaianei?
Can you remember and humanize?
– Ka taea e koe te mahara me te humanize?
It was still where we’d energised
– I reira tonu i whakaohooho ai mātou
Lie in the sand and visualise
– Takoto i roto i te onepu, me te visualise
Like it’s ’75 again
– Ka rite ki te ’75 anō
We are the people that rule the world
– Ko tātou ngā tāngata e whakahaere ana i te ao
A force running in every boy and girl
– He kaha e rere ana i roto i nga tama me nga kotiro
All rejoicing in the world
– Kia hari katoa i te ao
Take me now, we can try
– Tangohia ahau inaianei, ka taea e tatou te tamata
I can’t do well
– Kaore e taea e au te mahi pai
When I think you’re gonna leave me
– Ki taku whakaaro ka whakarere koe i ahau
But I’m gonna try
– Engari ka whakamatau ahau
Are you gonna leave me now?
– Ka whakarere koe i ahau inaianei?
Can’t you be believing now?
– Kaore e taea e koe te whakapono inaianei?
I can’t do well
– Kaore e taea e au te mahi pai
When I think you’re gonna leave me
– Ki taku whakaaro ka whakarere koe i ahau
But I’m gonna try
– Engari ka whakamatau ahau
Are you gonna leave me now?
– Ka whakarere koe i ahau inaianei?
Can’t you be believing now?
– Kaore e taea e koe te whakapono inaianei?
I know everything about you
– E mohio ana ahau ki nga mea katoa e pā ana ki a koutou
You know everything about me
– E mohio ana koe ki nga mea katoa e pā ana ki ahau
We know everything about us
– E matau ana tatou ki nga mea katoa e pā ana ki a tatou
I know everything about you
– E mohio ana ahau ki nga mea katoa e pā ana ki a koutou
You know everything about me
– E mohio ana koe ki nga mea katoa e pā ana ki ahau
We know everything about us
– E matau ana tatou ki nga mea katoa e pā ana ki a tatou
I can’t do well
– Kaore e taea e au te mahi pai
When I think you’re gonna leave me
– Ki taku whakaaro ka whakarere koe i ahau
But I’m gonna try
– Engari ka whakamatau ahau
Are you gonna leave me now?
– Ka whakarere koe i ahau inaianei?
Can’t you be believing now?
– Kaore e taea e koe te whakapono inaianei?
I can’t do well
– Kaore e taea e au te mahi pai
When I think you’re gonna leave me
– Ki taku whakaaro ka whakarere koe i ahau
But I’m gonna try
– Engari ka whakamatau ahau
Are you gonna leave me now?
– Ka whakarere koe i ahau inaianei?
Can’t you be believing now?
– Kaore e taea e koe te whakapono inaianei?
I can’t do well
– Kaore e taea e au te mahi pai
When I think you’re gonna leave me
– Ki taku whakaaro ka whakarere koe i ahau
But I’m gonna try
– Engari ka whakamatau ahau
Are you gonna leave me now?
– Ka whakarere koe i ahau inaianei?
Can’t you be believing now?
– Kaore e taea e koe te whakapono inaianei?
I can’t do well
– Kaore e taea e au te mahi pai
