"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
Mae gennym gwch a hwnnw'n suddo
We've got a boat and it's sinking
Ond paid cyhuddo fi o beidio gwneud dim
But don't hide me from doing nothing
Tymhestloedd gwyllt sydd wedi ein dilyn
It's wild storms that have followed us
A does dim tir I ni gael rhedeg I ffwrdd
And there's no land to run away to
Ti'n wylo pan dwi'n chwerthin
You're crying while I'm laughing
Ond pan ddaw diwedd why byd
But when the end of the world comes
Dwisho bod hefo ti
I want to be with you
A phan ddaw'are byd I ben
And when the world comes to an end
(Dwisho bod hefo ti)
(I want to be with you)
A phan ddaw'are dilyw mawr
And when the big flood comes
Dwisho bod hefo ti
I want to be with you
A phan ddaw'are awyr I lawr
And when the sky comes down
(Dwisho bod hefo ti)
(I want to be with you)
A drwy afonydd o dan cawn nofio
And through rivers of fire we can swim
A phan ddaw'are byd I ben
And when the world comes to an end
Mae gennym ardd a honno yn gwywo
We've got a garden and it's fading
Heblaw why celyn sydd yn pigo o hyd
Except the holly that's still stinging
Mae'are drain yn ddwys a'are gwair at fy sgwyddau
The thorn is deep and the hay to my shoulders
A llafn why pladur sydd yn malu o hyd
And the blade of the scythe that is still chopping
Dwi'n wylo pan ti'n chwerthin
I'm crying while you're laughing
Ond pan ddaw diwedd why byd
But when the end of the world comes
Dwisho bod hefo ti
I want to be with you
A phan ddaw'are byd I ben
And when the world comes to an end
(Dwisho bod hefo ti)
(I want to be with you)
A phan ddaw'are dilyw mawr
And when the big flood comes
Dwisho bod hefo ti
I want to be with you
A phan ddaw'are awyr I lawr
And when the sky comes down
(Dwisho bod hefo ti)
(I want to be with you)
A drwy afonydd o dan cawn nofio
And we can swim through rivers of fire
A phan ddaw'are byd I ben
And when the world comes to an end
Sali Mali
Sali Mali (X4)
Dwi'n wylo pan ti'n chwerthin
I'm crying while you're laughing
Ond pan ddaw diwedd why byd
But when the end of the world comes
Dwisho bod hefo ti
I want to be with you
A phan ddaw'are byd I ben
And when the world comes to an end
(Dwisho bod hefo ti)
(I want to be with you)
A phan ddaw'are dilyw mawr
And when the big flood comes
Dwisho bod hefo ti
I want to be with you
A phan ddaw'are awyr I lawr
And when the sky comes down
(Dwisho bod hefo ti)
(I want to be with you)
Sali Mali
Sali Mali
(Dwisho bod hefo ti)
(I want to be with you) (X4)
Sali Mali
Sali Mali
Mae Jaci Soch yn oer yn why nos
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