Etiket: Korero

Topenga Ataata Kupu Tūpato I wanna call you on the telephone – E hiahia ana ahau ki te karanga ki a koe i runga i te waea I made a thousand people love me, now I’m all alone – He mano nga tangata i aroha ki ahau, inaianei ko ahau anake And my resolve is…

Topenga Ataata Kupu Tūpato And the old religion humming in your veins – Me te karakia tawhito e hamama ana i roto i o uaua Some animal instinct starting up again – Ka tīmata anō ētahi āhuatanga kararehe And I am wound so tightly, I hardly even breathe – A he tino kaha taku whara,…

Topenga Ataata Kupu Tūpato Open my legs, lie down with death – Whakatuwherahia oku waewae, takoto ki te mate We kiss, we sigh, we sweat – Ka kihi, ka manawa, ka werawera His blackberry mouth stains my nightgown – Ko tōna waha parakipere e whakapoke ana i taku kākahu moenga I pull him close –…

Topenga Ataata Kupu Tūpato Perfume and milk, the body in bloom – Kakara me te waiu, te tinana i roto i te pua The falling leaves, the fallen fruit – Ko ngā rau e hinga ana, ko ngā hua kua hinga The rot and the ruin, the earth and the worms – Te pirau me…

Topenga Ataata Kupu Tūpato In every book in the house, notes from you fall out – I roto i nga pukapuka katoa i roto i te whare, tuhipoka i a koutou hinga i roto i All the love that came my way, I found a way to push away – Ko te aroha katoa i…

Topenga Ataata Kupu Tūpato I don’t know what to do – Kaore au e mohio ki te aha Thought I was righteously leading our people, but – I whakaaro ahau e tika ana taku arahi i to tatou iwi, engari Now I’m faced with the truth – Na kei te anga atu ahau ki te…

Topenga Ataata Kupu Tūpato It’s not what Heaven is – Ehara i te Mea Ko Te Rangi It’s what it could be – Ko te mea pea With new management in charge – Me te whakahaere hou i te kawenga Like you, and you, and me – Ka rite ki a koe, ki a koe,…

Topenga Ataata Kupu Tūpato ¿Qué? Je – He aha? Heh Tre’ Letra’, La Letra – Tre’letter’, Te Reta Oye, mami – E Te Whaea Bajé con el Lobo y con el Bendecido pa’ dedicarte esta, mi amor – I haere mai ahau ki raro ki te Wuruhi, me te Pa Manaakitia ‘ ki te whakatapua…

Topenga Ataata Kupu Tūpato Okay, okay, yeah – He pai, he pai, ae Lennox where the brown boys at – Lennox te wahi i te brown boys i I can’t go over there – Kāore e taea e au te haere ki reira Del Aire where the white boys at – Ko Del Aire te…