Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
I’m so tired of taking orders from everyone
– He tino ngenge ahau ki te tango i nga whakahau mai I te katoa
And my house is like a hoarder’s, my bed undone
– A ko toku whare, ano he hoarder o, toku moenga undone
Books that I’ll never read, magazines
– Ngā pukapuka kāore au e pānui, ngā maheni
Photo strips of you and me
– Ko ngā whakaahua o koe me au
Felt so old at only seventeen
– I tino pakeke i te tekau mā whitu noa iho
Took a flight back to Texas just like every year
– I rere ki Texas pērā i Ia tau
We barely talk, but our friendship can’t disappear
– E kore e taea e tātou te kōrero, engari kāore e taea e tō tātou whakahoahoa te ngaro
At Kerbey Lane, the coffee tastes like gasoline
– I Kerbey lane, he rite te reka o te kawhe ki te penehini
Could you order some for me?
– Ka taea e koe te tono i etahi mo au?
I’m too cold and I’m too tired to speak
– He makariri rawa ahau, he ngenge rawa ahau ki te kōrero
All my youth, I never knew that life would ever change
– I toku tamarikitanga katoa, kaore au i mohio ka huri te ora
But we keep on growing, didn’t think it’d show
– Engari kei te tipu haere tonu mātou, kāore i whakaaro ka kitea
But I see it on your face
– Engari ka kite ahau i te reira i runga i tou mata
The years have passed, but you laugh exactly the same
– Kua pahemo nga tau, engari ka kata tonu koe
When I see you for the holidays
– Ka kite ahau i a koe mo nga hararei
In those eyes, I see lifetimes I’ve had with you
– I roto i aua kanohi, ka kite ahau i ngā oranga i a au i a koe
From graduation, whole way back to elementary school
– Mai i te tohu, ka hoki katoa ki te kura tuatahi
Teachers hang up the wreaths, children sing
– Ka whakairihia e ngā kaiako ngā karauna, ka waiata ngā tamariki
Years ago, that was you and me
– I nga tau kua pahure ake nei, ko koe me au
What I’d give to once again be naive
– Ko te mea ka hoatu e ahau ki a once again be naive
All my youth, I never knew that life would ever change
– I toku tamarikitanga katoa, kaore au i mohio ka huri te ora
But we keep on growing, didn’t think it’d show
– Engari kei te tipu haere tonu mātou, kāore i whakaaro ka kitea
But I see it on your face
– Engari ka kite ahau i te reira i runga i tou mata
The years have passed, but you laugh exactly the same
– Kua pahemo nga tau, engari ka kata tonu koe
When I see you for the holidays
– Ka kite ahau i a koe mo nga hararei
All my youth, I never knew that life would ever change
– I toku tamarikitanga katoa, kaore au i mohio ka huri te ora
But we keep on growing, didn’t think it’d show
– Engari kei te tipu haere tonu mātou, kāore i whakaaro ka kitea
But I see it on your face
– Engari ka kite ahau i te reira i runga i tou mata
The years have passed, but you laugh exactly the same
– Kua pahemo nga tau, engari ka kata tonu koe
When I see you for the holidays
– Ka kite ahau i a koe mo nga hararei
