Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
How was I supposed to know
– Me pēhea taku mōhio
This is how it’s gonna go?
– Ko te āhua o te haere?
Thought that if I put you first enough
– Whakaaro e ki te hoatu e ahau ki a koutou i te tuatahi nui
We would last for sure, last for sure (For sure)
– Ka mau tonu tātou, ka mau tonu (For sure)
Remember our first kiss, was in a rental car
– Kia mahara ki to kihi tuatahi, i roto i te motuka reti
Now I kinda wish it was a hit and run
– Na ko taku hiahia kia patua kia rere
Crazy I let you get this far
– He haurangi i tukua koe e ahau kia haere ki tawhiti
But I was just young and dumb
– Engari he taitamariki noa iho ahau he wahangu
Six years gone down the drain
– E ono tau kua pahemo i te rerenga
I guess I’m half to blame
– Ki taku whakaaro ko ahau te haurua o te he
I didn’t know, I didn’t know I’d be wasting my time
– Kāore au i te mōhio, kāore au i te mōhio ka maumauria e au taku wā
Spending my twenties on you (Oh)
– Te whakapau i aku tau rua tekau ki a koe (Oh)
I poured my heart in it
– I ringihia e ahau toku ngakau ki roto
Don’t get me started
– Kaua ahau e tīmata
Spend my time wondering why
– Whakapau i taku wa ki te miharo he aha
I spent my twenties on you
– I whakapau ahau i oku tau rua tekau ki a koe
Thought I was learning myself
– I whakaaro ahau kei te ako ahau i ahau
I was just learning you
– I ako noa ahau i a koe
Is anything black and white
– Ko tetahi mea pango me te ma
When you’re barely twenty-two?
– I te mea e rua tekau ma rua noa iho koe?
Clung onto you like a shirt to a sweater
– I piri ki a koe ano he koti ki te tarau
Hung onto you ’cause I didn’t know better
– I piri ki a koe, nā te mea kāore au i te mōhio ake
I just felt like time was runnin’ out
– I whakaaro noa ahau kei te pau te wā
I could tell the ship was goin’ down
– I taea e au te korero kei te heke te kaipuke
I was so young and dumb
– He tino rangatahi he wahangu hoki ahau
Six years gone down the drain
– E ono tau kua pahemo i te rerenga
I guess I’m half to blame
– Ki taku whakaaro ko ahau te haurua o te he
I didn’t know, I didn’t know I’d be wasting my time
– Kāore au i te mōhio, kāore au i te mōhio ka maumauria e au taku wā
Spending my twenties on you (Oh)
– Te whakapau i aku tau rua tekau ki a koe (Oh)
I poured my heart in it
– I ringihia e ahau toku ngakau ki roto
Don’t get me started
– Kaua ahau e tīmata
Spend my time wondering why
– Whakapau i taku wa ki te miharo he aha
I spent my twenties on you, oh
– I whakapau ahau i oku tau rua tekau ki a koe, oh
I poured my heart in it
– I ringihia e ahau toku ngakau ki roto
Don’t get me started
– Kaua ahau e tīmata
Spend my time wondering why
– Whakapau i taku wa ki te miharo he aha
I spent my twenties on you
– I whakapau ahau i oku tau rua tekau ki a koe
