Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
(Half past 12) and I’m watching the late show
– (He hawhe i muri i te 12) a kei te mātakitaki ahau i te whakaaturanga mutunga
In my flat all alone
– I roto i taku whare anake
How I hate to spend the evening on my own
– Kia pehea te kino ahau ki te noho i te ahiahi i runga i toku ake
(Autumn winds) blowing outside the window
– (Hau ngahuru) pupuhi i waho o te matapihi
As I look around the room
– I ahau e titiro a tawhio noa te ruma
And it makes me so depressed to see the gloom
– A ka tino pouri ahau ki te kite i te pouri
There’s not a soul out there
– Kāore he wairua i reira
No one to hear my prayer
– Kāore he tangata hei whakarongo ki taku inoi
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
– Homai, homai, homai he tangata i muri i te poutumarotanga
Won’t somebody help me chase the shadows away?
– E kore rānei tētahi e āwhina i ahau ki te pei atu i ngā atarangi?
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
– Homai, homai, homai he tangata i muri i te poutumarotanga
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
– Tangohia ahau i roto i te pouri ki te okiokinga o te ra
(Movie stars) find the end of the rainbow
– (Whetu kiriata) kimihia te mutunga o te rainbow
With a fortune to win
– He waimarie ki te wikitoria
It’s so different from the world I’m living in
– He rerekē rawa atu I te ao e noho ana ahau
(Tired of TV) I open the window
– (Ngenge O TV) whakatuwhera ahau i te matapihi
And I gaze into the night
– A ka titiro ahau ki te pō
But there’s nothing there to see, no one in sight
– Engari kaore he mea hei kite, kaore he tangata i te tirohanga
There’s not a soul out there
– Kāore he wairua i reira
No one to hear my prayer
– Kāore he tangata hei whakarongo ki taku inoi
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
– Homai, homai, homai he tangata i muri i te poutumarotanga
Won’t somebody help me chase the shadows away?
– E kore rānei tētahi e āwhina i ahau ki te pei atu i ngā atarangi?
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
– Homai, homai, homai he tangata i muri i te poutumarotanga
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
– Tangohia ahau i roto i te pouri ki te okiokinga o te ra
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
– Homai, homai, homai he tangata i muri i te poutumarotanga
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
– Homai, homai, homai he tangata i muri i te poutumarotanga
There’s not a soul out there
– Kāore he wairua i reira
No one to hear my prayer
– Kāore he tangata hei whakarongo ki taku inoi
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
– Homai, homai, homai he tangata i muri i te poutumarotanga
Won’t somebody help me chase the shadows away?
– E kore rānei tētahi e āwhina i ahau ki te pei atu i ngā atarangi?
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
– Homai, homai, homai he tangata i muri i te poutumarotanga
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
– Tangohia ahau i roto i te pouri ki te okiokinga o te ra
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
– Homai, homai, homai he tangata i muri i te poutumarotanga
Won’t somebody help me chase the shadows away?
– E kore rānei tētahi e āwhina i ahau ki te pei atu i ngā atarangi?
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
– Homai, homai, homai he tangata i muri i te poutumarotanga
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
– Tangohia ahau i roto i te pouri ki te okiokinga o te ra
