Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Let’s dance in style
– Kia kanikani tātou i te kāhua
Let’s dance for a while
– Kia kanikani tātou mō tētahi wā
Heaven can wait
– Ka taea e te rangi te tatari
We’re only watching the skies
– Kei te mātakitaki noa mātou i te rangi
Hopin’ for the best
– Ko te tumanako mo te pai
But expectin’ the worst
– Engari e tūmanako ana ki te kino rawa
Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?
– Ka tukuna e koe te poma, kaore ranei?
Let us die young or let us live forever
– Kia mate tātou i te rangatahi kia ora rānei tātou mō ake tonu atu
Don’t have the power
– Kaua e whai i te mana
But we never say never
– Otiia e kore matou e mea e kore
Sittin’ in the sandpit, life is a short trip
– E noho ana i te onepu, he haerenga poto te ora
Music’s for the sad men
– He waiata mō ngā tāne pouri
Can you imagine when this race is run?
– Ka taea e koe te whakaaro i te wa e rere ana tenei iwi?
Turn our golden faces into the sun
– Hurihia o tatou mata koura ki te ra
Praising our leaders, getting in tune
– E whakamoemiti ana ki ā mātou kaiārahi, e whakatata ana
The music’s played by the mad men
– Ko te waiata e whakatangihia ana e nga tangata kino
Forever young
– He tamariki tonu
I wanna be forever young
– E hiahia ana ahau kia noho tonu ahau
Do you really wanna live
– E tino hiahia ana koe ki te ora
Forever, forever, forever?
– Ake ake, ake ake, ake ake?
Some are like water
– Ko ētahi he rite ki te wai
Some are like the heat
– Ko etahi e rite ana ki te wera
Some are a melody
– Ko ētahi he waiata
Some are the beat
– Ko ētahi ko the beat
Sooner or later they’ll all be gone
– I mua, i muri rānei ka ngaro katoa
Why don’t they stay young?
– He aha e kore ai e noho taitamariki?
It’s hard to get old without a cause
– He uaua ki te koroheke me te kore he take
I don’t wanna perish like a fadin’ horse
– E kore ahau e hiahia ki te ngaro rite te hoiho fadin’
Youth is like diamonds in the sun
– He rite te rangatahi ki ngā taimana i te rā
And diamonds are forever
– A ko nga taimana mo ake tonu atu
Forever young
– He tamariki tonu
I wanna be forever young
– E hiahia ana ahau kia noho tonu ahau
Do you really wanna live
– E tino hiahia ana koe ki te ora
Forever, forever, forever?
– Ake ake, ake ake, ake ake?
Forever young
– He tamariki tonu
I wanna be forever young
– E hiahia ana ahau kia noho tonu ahau
Do you really wanna live
– E tino hiahia ana koe ki te ora
Forever, forever, forever?
– Ake ake, ake ake, ake ake?
Forever young
– He tamariki tonu
I wanna be forever young
– E hiahia ana ahau kia noho tonu ahau
Do you really wanna live
– E tino hiahia ana koe ki te ora
Forever, forever, forever?
– Ake ake, ake ake, ake ake?
Forever young
– He tamariki tonu
I wanna be forever young
– E hiahia ana ahau kia noho tonu ahau
Do you really wanna live
– E tino hiahia ana koe ki te ora
Forever, forever, forever?
– Ake ake, ake ake, ake ake?
