Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
– Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
– Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
– Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
Uh-huh, uh-huh
– Ko te Uh-huh, ko te uh-huh
Always ends the same
– Ka mutu tonu te mea kotahi
When it was me and you
– I te wā ko au rāua ko koe
But every time I meet somebody new
– Engari i nga wa katoa ka tutaki ahau ki tetahi hou
It’s like déjà vu (déjà vu)
– He rite ki te déjà vu (déjà vu)
I swear they sound the same
– Ka oati ahau he rite tonu te tangi
It’s like they know my skin
– He rite ki te mohio ratou ki toku kiri
Every word they say sounds just like him
– Ko nga kupu katoa e korerotia ana e ratou he rite tonu ki a ia
And it goes like this
– Na ka penei
We’ll get in your car and you’ll lean to kiss me
– Ka eke mātou ki roto i tō motokā, ā, ka piko koe ki te kihi i ahau
We’ll talk for hours and lie on the backseat
– Ka kōrero mātou mō ngā haora, ka takoto ki te nohoanga o muri
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
– Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
Uh-huh, uh-huh
– Ko te Uh-huh, ko te uh-huh
And then one random night when everything changes
– Na ka kotahi te po tupurangi ka huri nga mea katoa
You won’t reply and we’ll go back to strangers
– Kaore koe e whakautu, ka hoki ano matou ki nga tangata ke
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
– Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
– Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
– Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
– Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
– Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
Uh-huh, uh-huh
– Ko te Uh-huh, ko te uh-huh
It’s something that I hate
– He mea e kino ana ahau
How evеryone’s disposable
– Kia pehea te katoa o te tuku
Every timе I date somebody new
– I nga wa katoa rā ahau te tangata hou
I feel vulnerable (vulnerable)
– Fe ahau whakaraerae(whakaraerae)
That it’ll never change
– E kore e huri
And it will just stay like this
– A ka noho tonu te reira rite tenei
Never endin’ date and breakin’ up
– Kāore e mutu te rā, ka wehe
And it goes like this
– Na ka penei
We’ll get in your car and you’ll lean to kiss me
– Ka eke mātou ki roto i tō motokā, ā, ka piko koe ki te kihi i ahau
We’ll talk for hours and lie on the backseat
– Ka kōrero mātou mō ngā haora, ka takoto ki te nohoanga o muri
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
– Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
Uh-huh, uh-huh
– Ko te Uh-huh, ko te uh-huh
And then one random night when everything changes
– Na ka kotahi te po tupurangi ka huri nga mea katoa
You won’t reply and we’ll go back to strangers
– Kaore koe e whakautu, ka hoki ano matou ki nga tangata ke
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
– Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
Uh-huh, uh-huh
– Ko te Uh-huh, ko te uh-huh
Always ends the same
– Ka mutu tonu te mea kotahi
When it was me and you
– I te wā ko au rāua ko koe
But every time I meet somebody new
– Engari i nga wa katoa ka tutaki ahau ki tetahi hou
It’s like déjà vu (it’s like déjà vu)
– He rite ki te déjà vu (he rite ki te déjà vu)
And when we spoke for months
– A, no te korero tatou mo nga marama
Well, did you ever mean it? (Did you ever mean it?)
– Well, i koe ake te tikanga i te reira? (I whakaaro tonu koe?)
How can we say that this is love
– Me pēhea e taea ai e tātou te kī ko te aroha tēnei
When it goes like this?
– A, no te haere te reira rite tenei?
We’ll get in your car and you’ll lean to kiss me
– Ka eke mātou ki roto i tō motokā, ā, ka piko koe ki te kihi i ahau
We’ll talk for hours and lie on the backseat
– Ka kōrero mātou mō ngā haora, ka takoto ki te nohoanga o muri
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
– Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
Uh-huh, uh-huh
– Ko te Uh-huh, ko te uh-huh
And then one random night when everything changes
– Na ka kotahi te po tupurangi ka huri nga mea katoa
You won’t reply and we’ll go back to strangers
– Kaore koe e whakautu, ka hoki ano matou ki nga tangata ke
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
– Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh (go back to strangers)
– Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh (hoki ki nga tangata ke)
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
– Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh (go back to strangers)
– Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh (hoki ki nga tangata ke)
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
– Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh
Uh-huh, uh-huh (go back to strangers)
– Uh-huh, uh-huh (hoki ki nga tangata ke)
