Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
She asked me how to be funny
– I ui mai ia ki ahau me pēhea te ngahau
But that’s not something you can teach
– Engari ehara i te mea ka taea e koe te whakaako
What seemed so blue in the sunlight
– He aha te mea i rite ki te puru i te marama o te ra
By the night was a pale green
– I te pō he matomato mārama
And I tried to hold her
– A ka ngana ahau ki te pupuri i a ia
But it didn’t really last long
– Engari kaore i roa
And she’s getting older
– A kei te pakeke haere ia
I guess she’s gotta cut her blue hair off
– Ki taku whakaaro me tapahi e ia ona makawe puru
She asked me if she was pretty
– I ui mai ia ki ahau mēnā he ataahua ia
Well, it’s clear that the girl’s a fraud
– Well, te reira mārama e te he tinihanga te kotiro
There’s really no way of winning
– Kāore he huarahi ki te wikitōria
If in their eyes you’ll always be a dumb blonde
– Ki te i roto i o ratou kanohi ka waiho tonu koe he kakaho wahangu
And she cried over nothing
– A kihai ia i tangi i runga i tetahi mea
So there was nothing I could do to stop
– Na kahore he mea i taea e ahau te mahi ki te mutu
Her from cutting
– Ia i te tapahi
Her beautiful blue hair off
– Ko ōna makawe puru ataahua
It looked like cotton candy
– He rite ki te tiakarete miro
And just as quick to get licked away
– A rite tere ki te tiki licked atu
Last I heard she was living
– I rongo ahau kei te ora ia
With a boy who acts his age
– Me tētahi tamaiti e mahi ana i tōna pakeke
And I guess I’ll just miss her
– A ki taku whakaaro ka mihi noa ahau ki a ia
Even though she isn’t even really gone
– Ahakoa kāore ia i tino ngaro
But things are just different
– Engari he rereke noa nga mea
Ever since she cut her blue hair off
– Mai i taua wā ka tapahia e ia ōna makawe puru
