Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
It’s a light relief from a bad habit
– He awhina ngawari mai i te pehanga kino
It’s my mother’s cooking when I can’t have it
– Ko te tunu kai a toku whaea ina kore e taea e au
It’s the last train home from a day trippin’
– Ko te tereina whakamutunga ki te kāinga mai i te rā e rere ana
It’s the place I’ll go when I start slippin’
– Ko te wāhi ka haere ahau ina tīmata ahau ki te taka
Darling, won’t you take me home?
– E hoa, e kore koe e kawe i ahau ki te kāinga?
Send me shivers somewhere I used to go
– Tukua mai he wiri ki ahau i tētahi wāhi i haere ai ahau
Wrap my name across your mouth
– Takaia toku ingoa puta noa i tou mangai
When I let my feelings out
– I taku tuku i aku whakaaro
Darling, won’t you take me home?
– E hoa, e kore koe e kawe i ahau ki te kāinga?
Yeah, won’t you take me
– Ae, e kore koe e tango i ahau
Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
– Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Tell me, does your mother know? Oh
– Korero mai ki ahau, e mohio ana tou whaea? Aue
I’ll still love you, head to toe, yeah
– Ka aroha tonu ahau ki a koe, e te upoko ki te waewae, ae
Like the back of my car on a sunny day
– Ka rite ki te tuara o taku motokā i te rā mahana
You’re the song on the radio I never play
– Ko koe te waiata i runga i te reo irirangi e kore ahau e tākaro
You’re the words in my soul that I wanna say
– Ko koe nga kupu i roto i toku wairua e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea
That I wanna say, (won’t you) won’t you let me say?
– E hiahia ana ahau ki te mea, (e kore koe) e kore koe e tuku i ahau ki te mea?
Won’t you take me home?
– E kore koe e kawe i ahau ki te kāinga?
Send me shivers somewhere I used to go
– Tukua mai he wiri ki ahau i tētahi wāhi i haere ai ahau
Wrap my name across your mouth
– Takaia toku ingoa puta noa i tou mangai
When I let my feelings down
– I taku tuku i aku whakaaro
Darling, won’t you take me home?
– E hoa, e kore koe e kawe i ahau ki te kāinga?
Yeah, won’t you take me
– Ae, e kore koe e tango i ahau
Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
– Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
– Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
– Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
– Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
