Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Take me out tonight
– Tangohia ahau i tēnei pō
Where there’s music and there’s people
– Kei hea te waiata kei reira hoki te iwi
And they’re young and alive
– A he taitamariki, he ora hoki rātau
Driving in your car
– Te taraiwa i roto i to motuka
I never, never want to go home
– Kāore au e hiahia ana ki te hoki ki te kāinga
Because I haven’t got one
– No te mea kaore au i whiwhi i tetahi
Anymore
– Kāore anō
Take me out tonight
– Tangohia ahau i tēnei pō
Because I want to see people
– No te mea e hiahia ana ahau ki te kite i te iwi
And I want to see life
– A e hiahia ana ahau ki te kite i te ora
Driving in your car
– Te taraiwa i roto i to motuka
Oh please, don’t drop me home
– Aue, kaua e tukua ahau ki te kāinga
Because it’s not my home, it’s their home
– No te mea ehara i te mea ko toku kainga, ko to ratou kainga
And I’m welcome no more
– A e kore ahau e manakohia atu
And if a double-decker bus
– A ki te he pahi rua-papa
Crashes into us
– Ka tū ki a mātou
To die by your side
– Kia mate i tō taha
Is such a heavenly way to die
– He ara rangi ki te mate
And if a ten tonne truck
– A ki te he taraka tekau taranata
Kills the both of us
– Ka patua tātou e rua
To die by your side
– Kia mate i tō taha
Well, the pleasure, the privilege is mine
– Well, te ahuareka, te mana ko toku
Take me out tonight
– Tangohia ahau i tēnei pō
Take me anywhere
– Tangohia ahau ki hea
I don’t care, I don’t care, I don’t care
– Kāore au e aro, kāore au e aro, kāore au e aro
And in the darkened underpass
– A i roto i te underpass pouri
I thought, ‘Oh God, my chance has come at last!’
– I whakaaro ahau, ‘ E Te Atua, kua tae mai taku tupono!’
But then a strange fear gripped me
– Engari i reira ka mau mai he wehi ke ki ahau
And I just couldn’t ask
– A kihai i taea e ahau te ui
Take me out tonight
– Tangohia ahau i tēnei pō
Oh take me anywhere
– Aue tangohia ahau ki hea
I don’t care, I don’t care, I don’t care
– Kāore au e aro, kāore au e aro, kāore au e aro
Driving in your car
– Te taraiwa i roto i to motuka
I never, never want to go home
– Kāore au e hiahia ana ki te hoki ki te kāinga
Because I haven’t got one
– No te mea kaore au i whiwhi i tetahi
Oh, I haven’t got one
– Aue, kaore au i whiwhi i tetahi
And if a double-decker bus
– A ki te he pahi rua-papa
Crashes into us
– Ka tū ki a mātou
To die by your side
– Kia mate i tō taha
Is such a heavenly way to die
– He ara rangi ki te mate
And if a ten tonne truck
– A ki te he taraka tekau taranata
Kills the both of us
– Ka patua tātou e rua
To die by your side
– Kia mate i tō taha
Well, the pleasure, the privilege is mine
– Well, te ahuareka, te mana ko toku
Oh, there is a light and it never goes out
– Aue, he marama, a e kore e haere i roto i
There is a light and it never goes out
– He rama, ā, kāore e puta
There is a light and it never goes out
– He rama, ā, kāore e puta
There is a light and it never goes out
– He rama, ā, kāore e puta
There is a light and it never goes out
– He rama, ā, kāore e puta
There is a light and it never goes out
– He rama, ā, kāore e puta
There is a light and it never goes out
– He rama, ā, kāore e puta
There is a light and it never goes out…
– He rama, ā, kāore e puta…
