Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Yeah, yah
– Ae, ae
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
– Ae, ae, ae, ae
Yeah (Yeah), um
– Ae (Ae), um
On Fourth Street, the orphan children play on the jungle gym
– I Te Rori Tuawha, ka tākaro ngā tamariki pani i te whare hākinakina o te ngahere
Little Timmy broke his arm again on the monkey bars
– I whati anō a Little Timmy i tōna ringa i runga i ngā pae o te mōrehu
Johnny’s dad got a nicer car than all the other kids
– He pai ake te waka a te papa o Johnny i era atu tamariki katoa
He becomes the alpha and picks on everybody else
– Ka riro ia hei alpha ka whiriwhiri i te katoa
Max protects Claire from all the bullies
– Ka tiakina e Max A Claire i ngā kaiwhiu katoa
Claire always wish she was as pretty as Julie
– E hiahia ana a Claire kia rite tonu tana ataahua ki A Julie
The boys always chase Julie around the sandbox
– Ka whai tonu ngā tama i a Julie i te pouaka onepu
Claire just waits ’til she gets picked up by her grandpa
– Ka tatari noa a Claire kia hopukina ia e tana tupuna
All of this before the brainwash starts
– Katoa o tenei i mua i te tīmatanga o te brainwash
Before they get polluted, start thinkin’ like adults
– I mua i te poke, tīmata ki te whakaaro pēnei i te pakeke
Life is fantasy and somersaults then
– Life is fantasy and somersaults then
Before the world tear apart imagination
– I mua i te ao ka wahia te whakaaro
Before there were rules, before there were limits
– I mua i reira he ture, i mua i reira he rohe
Your only enemies were (Want some Brussels sprouts and spinach?)
– Ko ō hoariri anake (E Hiahia ana ki Ētahi Kākano Me te pīni o Brussels?)
Me, I used to want to be a wizard, when did life get so serious?
– Ko ahau, i hiahia ahau ki te noho hei tohunga makutu, i te wā i tino nui ai te ora?
Whatever happened to apple juice and cartwheels?
– He aha te mea i pa ki a apple juice me cartwheels?
Whatever happened to apple juice and cartwheels?
– He aha te mea i pa ki a apple juice me cartwheels?
Abracadabra
– Ko te Abracadabra
Abracadabra
– Ko te Abracadabra
Abra-cadabra (Hahaha)
– Abra-cadabra (Hahaha)
Abracadabra
– Ko te Abracadabra
Vadacadous
– Ko te Vadacadous
Excelsior
– He tino pai
