Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
I was scared of dentists and the dark
– I mataku ahau ki nga niho me te pouri
I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations
– I mataku ahau ki nga kotiro ataahua me te timata i nga korero
Oh, all my friends are turning green
– E, kei te huri katoa aku hoa ki te matomato
You’re the magician’s assistant in their dream
– Ko koe te kaiāwhina o te tohunga makutu i roto i to rātau moemoea
Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah-ahh-ah-ah
– Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah-ah-ah-ah
And they come unstuck
– A ka haere mai ratou unstuck
Lady, running down to the riptide
– E te wahine, e rere ana ki raro ki te riptide
Taken away to the dark side
– I kawea atu ki te taha pouri
I wanna be your left-hand man
– E hiahia ana ahau kia waiho hei tangata maui
I love you when you’re singing that song
– E aroha ana ahau ki a koe ina waiata koe i taua waiata
And I got a lump in my throat
– A ka whiwhi ahau i tētahi kōpeke i roto i toku kaki
‘Cause you’re gonna sing the words wrong
– ‘No te mea ka waiata koe i nga kupu he
There’s this movie that I think you’ll like
– He kiriata tēnei e whakaaro ana ahau ka pai koe
This guy decides to quit his job and heads to New York City
– Ka whakatau tēnei tangata ki te whakarere i tana mahi ka haere ki New York City
This cowboy’s running from himself
– Kei te rere atu tēnei kauhoe i a ia anō
And she’s been living on the highest shelf
– A kei te noho ia i runga i te papa teitei
Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah-ahh-oh
– Ko Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ko ah-ahh-oh
And they come unstuck
– A ka haere mai ratou unstuck
Lady, running down to the riptide
– E te wahine, e rere ana ki raro ki te riptide
Taken away to the dark side
– I kawea atu ki te taha pouri
I wanna be your left-hand man
– E hiahia ana ahau kia waiho hei tangata maui
I love you when you’re singing that song
– E aroha ana ahau ki a koe ina waiata koe i taua waiata
And I got a lump in my throat
– A ka whiwhi ahau i tētahi kōpeke i roto i toku kaki
‘Cause you’re gonna sing the words wrong
– ‘No te mea ka waiata koe i nga kupu he
I just wanna, I just wanna know
– E hiahia ana ahau, e hiahia ana ahau kia mōhio
If you’re gonna, if you’re gonna stay
– Ki te mea ka noho koe, ki te mea ka noho koe
I just gotta, I just gotta know
– Me mōhio noa ahau, me mōhio noa ahau
I can’t have it, I can’t have it any other way
– Kāore e taea e au, kāore e taea e au te whai i tētahi atu huarahi
I swear she’s destined for the screen
– E oati ana ahau kua whakaritea ia mō te mata
Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you’ve ever seen, oh
– Ko Te mea tata ki A Michelle Pfeiffer kua kite koe, oh
Lady, running down to the riptide
– E te wahine, e rere ana ki raro ki te riptide
Taken away to the dark side
– I kawea atu ki te taha pouri
I wanna be your left-hand man
– E hiahia ana ahau kia waiho hei tangata maui
I love you when you’re singing that song
– E aroha ana ahau ki a koe ina waiata koe i taua waiata
And I got a lump in my throat
– A ka whiwhi ahau i tētahi kōpeke i roto i toku kaki
‘Cause you’re gonna sing the words wrong
– ‘No te mea ka waiata koe i nga kupu he
Oh lady, running down to the riptide
– E te wahine, e rere ana ki raro ki te riptide
Taken away to the dark side
– I kawea atu ki te taha pouri
I wanna be your left-hand man
– E hiahia ana ahau kia waiho hei tangata maui
I love you when you’re singing that song
– E aroha ana ahau ki a koe ina waiata koe i taua waiata
And I got a lump in my throat
– A ka whiwhi ahau i tētahi kōpeke i roto i toku kaki
‘Cause you’re gonna sing the words wrong
– ‘No te mea ka waiata koe i nga kupu he
Oh lady, running down to the riptide
– E te wahine, e rere ana ki raro ki te riptide
Taken away to the dark side
– I kawea atu ki te taha pouri
I wanna be your left-hand man
– E hiahia ana ahau kia waiho hei tangata maui
I love you when you’re singing that song
– E aroha ana ahau ki a koe ina waiata koe i taua waiata
And I got a lump in my throat
– A ka whiwhi ahau i tētahi kōpeke i roto i toku kaki
‘Cause you’re gonna sing the words wrong
– ‘No te mea ka waiata koe i nga kupu he
Yeah, I got a lump in my throat
– Ae, he kōpeke taku i roto i toku kaki
‘Cause you’re gonna sing the words wrong
– ‘No te mea ka waiata koe i nga kupu he
