Crazy
I'm crazy for feelin' so lonely
I'm crazy
Crazy for feelin' so blue
I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted
And then someday
You'd leave me for somebody new

Worry, why do I let myself worry?
Wonderin' what in the world did I do?

I'm crazy
For thinkin' that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for cryin'
And crazy for tryin'
And I'm crazy for lovin' you

Crazy
For thinkin' that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for cryin'
And crazy for tryin'
And I'm crazy for lovin' you

Overall Meaning

In the song "Crazy", singer LeAnn Rimes expresses the feeling of being lost and lonely after being left by someone she loved. The song begins with her admitting that she's "crazy for feelin' so lonely" and "crazy for feelin' so blue". She knew from the beginning that her lover would eventually leave her for someone else, yet she still held onto the hope that they would stay with her forever. The chorus repeats this feeling of being crazy for loving someone who has left her, and also for thinking that her love could hold onto them.

The second verse focuses on her feelings of worry and regret. She wonders what she could have done differently to keep her lover from leaving, and she acknowledges that her love alone was not enough to keep them together. She still can't shake off the feeling of being crazy for loving someone who has left her.

Overall, the song is a powerful reflection of the pain and confusion that comes with a broken heart. Even though she knew from the start that her relationship was doomed to fail, she still couldn't help but love deeply and feel heartbroken when it ended.

Line by Line Meaning

I'm crazy for feelin' so lonely
I am mentally and emotionally unstable because of my deep-seated sense of loneliness.

I'm crazy Crazy for feelin' so blue
I am acting irrational and mad because I am feeling extremely sad.

I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted And then someday You'd leave me for somebody new
I was aware that your love would eventually dissipate and you would abandon me for another person.

Worry, why do I let myself worry? Wonderin' what in the world did I do?
I am anxious and anxious about the reasons for why you left me and I am questioning myself because of it.

I'm crazy For thinkin' that my love could hold you
I have lost my sanity because I believed that my love would keep us together.

I'm crazy for cryin' And crazy for tryin' And I'm crazy for lovin' you
I am acting like a mad person because I am crying, trying to win you back, and still loving you despite everything that has happened.

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Willie Nelson

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@erichausersr.8618

6y↑1

ya kno what...
her voice gives me goose bumps.
her looks leaves me in awe.
her sound and songs can make my worst days better.
i thank the lord for her.
she makes patsy's song her own.
i think if patsy were here she would be proud.
i know shes lookin down and smiling.
thank you Leeann
you make things better.
luv ya
wofo

All comments from YouTube:

@leeburgos7530

12y↑18

To each his own. Leanne Rimes rendition is as beautiful as the original one.

@FernandoMartinez-js4lb

43w

@ashley-fm4ri she is the best listen to blue by her

@donfegan8510

5y↑17

What an incredible rendition this is by LeAnn Rimes of Patsy Clines original tune. This is incredibly awesome!!! And it doesn't get any better than this.

@Navyguy1990

Willie Nelson wrote that song.

@venosmit

12y↑10

LeAnne sings wonderfully. The first time I heard her, I had to do a double take because she sounded so much like Patsy, but still, there is and was and can only ever be only one Patsy Cline. There will always be that subtle difference that no one can copy or better.

@normagaber1357

48w↑1

Hermosa interpretación en la voz de LeAnn Rimes

@dlefeb67

1y↑7

The best modern day country voice. True talent. True country. Could sing like this at 16 years old. Incredible.

@digitalpau2347

2y↑3

The first time I heard her singing this song , she blew me away, what a singer

@stevenmshawzy

12y↑2

As always,LeAnn hit it out of the park!

@allancameron5773

10y↑24

she is awesome, what a voice

@thefencemeister

Good voice!

@jerlan23

13y↑1

A beautiful song that many of us have lived at some time in our lives -- and a beautiful rendition of it.

@haipe0

12y

I am not a LeAnn fan but she did a fantastic job of this beautiful song.

@anne91276

10y↑7

I have to say that she sounds so remarkably like Patsy Cline, and even at such a young age. She's enormously gifted and even if Linda Ronstadt sung a flawless version of Willie Nelson's Crazy, it would be even remarkably crazier to note that Patsy's singing voice is brought back to life with ReAnn's eerie vocal resemblance to the late Patsy Cline. I was almost brought to tears listening to this. SO that is why I downloaded the ENTIRE album of LeAnn's gorgeous vocal performance.

@charlottehendershot8025

6y↑1

I love her singing!!!

@jackiehyland4379

2y↑1

I love ❤️ this song 🎵 Leann Rimes is an excellent singer and that makes up to be a beautiful song 🎶

@alanl9959

10y

Every time I hear this recording its pure art. She is maybe the best and most skilled female singer today, the exception being operatic voices who take the skill to yet more elevated levels.

@laboraux

11y↑1

los tiempos cambian y las interpretaciones aveces son mejores y en este caso asi es LeAnn Rimes tiene algo nuevo un nuevo feeling

@zackgranite

What an incredible voice!!! I am CRAZY over Ms Rimes!

@tracihadley3345

12y

LeAnn's a wonderful singer.

@stanotter367

7y↑1

love her voice.sings it well.

@8ball1997

3y↑1

'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery' 🤙
Big props to LeAnn Rimes! ✊💯

@roadkillsrus

9y↑14

Stunning version. I got chlls from her first note.

@robertkellner59

11y

One of of my favorite songs of all time.

@hb9404

4y↑14

I always loved Platsy Cline I never knew LeAnn could sing like this I am so impressed by her! Never stop singing love to listen to you ,

@frankcurtis4813

9y↑8

Awesome. Great voice

@wildmustang67

13y

You must be " Crazy" not to like her ! Best vocals in country music !!

@kantfinaname

12y↑1

its amazing how close their voices are! glad she didn't change the song classic quality

@DJFarah77

13y

love this song! she´s got soul!

@caroln1858

11y

This girl is amazing. The first time I ever heard her is today. She sings "Blue" like nothing I've ever heard. Love her twang in the high notes and she doesn't have to sound just like Patsy Cline, because she's LeAnn Rimes. She's an Elvis in female form. Just a very talented and unique singer. She's a sad young woman though, as she never had a real childhood. She needs to find herself again....!

@MissBoagJunior89

13y

this has to be one of my favourite songs. i'm only 21 but was brought up listening to Patsy. i found Leann singing it and love her rendition aswell.

@1c3Breaker

14y↑2

I'm really really crazy for loving you. This song is one of the best! :D Leann Rimes Rocks!

@lewisturf

11y

a truly amazing voice

@CailinnNoT

I use to listen to her as a kid all the time

@jasintoherrera1775

Bonita voz y tema

@HienBui-yn5vh

your voices take my breath away with this old soul. your voices is untouchable.

@kennethfisher9400

She has such a beautiful voice, and so underrated..

@jessereyes7009

28w

You my dear LeAnn gave this song of Patsy Cline quite a lift of greatness.....only you with a heart of GOLD!!

@bartwestla

12y

As much as not a Rimes fan, she hits it home with my favorite, Patsy Cline.

@damn671

8y↑11

I don't like country music at all...
But I love Leann Rimes and I can listen to her all day.

@ThePhantomII

8y↑2

Yes you do, you just don't like all of it. Expand your experience of it by listening to other artists, try Alan Jackson's tribute to George Jones, He Stopped loving her today.

@realemilybass

Same

@wmfife1

11y

Talent should never go to waste. I am glad she has the nerve to take on Patsy because she is one of the few worthy to try. I've never considered myself a country music fan but I could listen to this voice all day long and beg for more! Just wow. She is that good.

@jennyfrencg6854

One of the best voice female singer ever

@cheyona24

9y↑132

No matter what anyone before me has said. Leann is the ONLY one who has captured Patsy incarnated. If this doesn't make Patsy Proud , the rest of you just don't get it, and it doesn't matter.

@huntingfashiondolls3307

7y↑3

i agreeee, i heard her in the radio while doing my chores and caught my attention immediately , i said, this sounds kind of linda rostad , but i heard lindas version and didn´t get impressed Patsy is so great but lean does great job too.

@miconis123

5y↑2

I just listened to Patsy and have to say I can't choose between them.

@jaysilverheals4445

I suggest seeking help and getting sedation or something. Almost every line was "sung well but botched" there is the issue that obviously the intent is not simply to reproduce Patsy--that is understood. But critical lines like the word WUNDRIN.. and then you say embodiment of Patsy? you are likely a good person but I suggest medication that you made this statement and also for all those that agreed with it. They are the same people that at the Patsy Cline museum and the woman doing her impersonation--a good singer by the way and then people chime in SOUNDS JUST LIKE HER..

@dbprice100

Linda Ronstadt also did a great job with this number.

@daniellook2355

It is very true what you said its patsy reincarnated. I wonder if you had a voice machine and did her and patsy's voice how close they would be..

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@joseantoniohernandezgarza9202

Hermosa interpretación , tan hermosa como la versión de Patsy cline

@MrTthompson115

@beelzebub9387

3y↑1

Best female voice on this planet. Truth.

@vanshikagupta6120

2y↑1

Stunning! Really captured the essence of Patsy. My other favourite cover of this is the amazing k.d lang, though hers is a bit different interpretation wise from Patsy's.

@jillshearin1

2y↑1

Love her and the way she sings this I know Patsy Cline would approve.

@mkg5196

I love it !!!!!!

@dwightlyon3643

😊There are only Two that can pull this song off. Unfortunately one passed away years ago, and the other is the Beautiful LeAnn!! 😎

@KatJaguar1122

34w↑2

Perfection.

@molave5466

12y↑1

I love you LeAnn Rimes! What a beautiful music..'..

@karen77777vegas

11y

she is a truly amazing woman singer and great looks totally classic love u leann!!!!!!!

@jamesmcintire3800

3y↑1

Close your eyes and you think it’s Patsy Cline. Open your eyes to one of the most beautiful women in music history.

@chaliceguard4575

Always my favorite Patsy Cline standard, and no one alive pays homage to Patsy like Leann Rimes can with her talented voice and style. Must also give credit to the incredibly talented Willie Nelson, who wrote "Crazy" (and many, many more top hits that were made huge successes by other recording artists). Thanks for uploading and sharing. [Here's more background on this classic that was made a huge hit by Patsy back in 1961, when she "overdubbed a pitch-perfect emotional performance in a single take": http://americansongwriter.com/2007/04/behind-the-song-crazy-by-willie-nelson/ ]

@erichausersr.8618

6y↑1

@MarySmith211962

12y

What a beautiful voice!!!

@sanjsaeevkumar8311

Mary Smith

@alanl9959

11y

Ya, she gets to me. Nobody sings it like Patsy but, in this version LeAnn Rimes comes closer then anyone else I've heard by far.

@michaeljeffries111

9y↑20

Because of my many years of favoritism for Pasty Cline, I feel that LeAnn is second to Patsy, by only a heartbeat. LeAnn is surely one of the best.

@billdance8815

country music personified! Bravo!

@LeeonDeeon

13y

not a HUGE fan of country music, but I do oo, ooo, oooooo, feel so CRAZY for this song!!

@crcausey

12y

I want to take nothing away from LeAnn. She sings it in E, Patsy does it in Eb. That 1/2 step seems to make it sound more urgent. Plus there is a reverb at work in there. Its a great song and they're both incredible singers. Unfair to compare one with the other. I'll take 'em both.

@mikebarnard7957

Just brilliant! I'm a fan!!

@saturnfive2073

9y↑31

Well there is only one Patsy Cline, but I truly love this version.

@rotagbhd

There's only one Willie Nelson, both both ladies you mention cover HIS song well

@donaldvanderwall6806

I love all of her music she is a talented girl that is one in a million.

@chrisbaratta36

12y

Leann has such a pretty voice....

@josephm.2856

WOW......what range. Amazing.

@hulkito0222

8y↑18

just as good as the original!

@demxxxxx

It's Better!

@lilytran6613

10y↑9

lovely song, it drives me crazy while I am drinking Whisky!!

@Phantomstories1831

This song fits me loving my crazy ex lol will always love him

@browndog461

11y

Pure Texas talent on the highest level, she doesn't ever leave anything in the dressing room it's all on stage. Enjoy.

@alaneaton9403

She is almost pitch perfect and in sync with patsy on this song. I played both her and patsy together on cds . Lovely

@BruceHiatt

11y↑1

just absolutly perfect

@sparrowhawk72

13y

@megawaywardson I totally agree!! LeAnn is the only singer that I have heard that really does it justice....I wish LeAnn would have stuck more to this genre or these type songs...she does them SO well!!

@sonnyjames5627

2y↑1

Bravo

@Dr.Pepper001

12y

This is the only woman on the planet who can do as good or better job with this timeless song written by Willie Nelson than Patsy Cline did. Actually, I would cast my vote for LeAnn as doing the better job with the song...bringing it into the more modern country music world. But don't get me wrong. I have listened to and loved Patsy's song a hundred thousand times over the past 40 years. But, being a male, LeAnn is quite the looker, and we men have to factor that in to our taste in music.

@amberwolf12

14y

i love this song

@elmersampson8598

Awesome!!!

@PalitoCss

Linda!

@tg-yi1tm

We love your voice

@Moeg912

11y

Not too many others tried this song because you're right, nobody can do it like Patsy

@galaxynoteedge1684

Im crazy listening this song, awsome , love it

@galaxynoteedge1684

@LeAnn Rimes im your solid fan from philippines. Thank you mam

@user-ng9bp3uv2g

Такой неземной голос . А достойной песни нет..... Очень обидно. ..😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😢😢😢

@olivijakrnic9505

wonderful interpretation

@rickch101

10y↑9

love love love this song

@zionzatan4301

this song melts me

@stuartgoode2059

this song was written by a talented man for an exceptional singer, yes leeAnn does it well,,,, but it was written for a different time and reason, remember that!

@drschober12

INTERNET TROLL whose sole purpose is to sow discord and discontent

@patrickpruvost3426

"Magnifique" !!!

@patrickpruvost3426

"Tellement Sensuelle" !!! Merci LeAnn...

@frankmelkert9503

Ya don't know why I luv this woman so much

@ch273

12y↑1

everytime I hear her I hear Patsy! She has the vocals that makes me cry with joy in my heart!

@watcheroffools366

She crushed this! A babe too...

@judyrogers2032

11y

Pretty darn good.

@denisefields7233

51w↑1

Oh my goodness your version crazy 🤣🤣 is simply beautiful just like all of your other songs. You know I will never forget when you first came into comment and we had a very long chat, and I found you to be one of the most nicest person. I remember we both were going through some changes and you shared yours and I shared with you about my losing my Mother. Do outback can you told me that I would definitely be in your prayers, and I remember you saying to you that you would definitely be in mine as well and anytime that you felt the need to comment or talk 🦜 to please contact me anytime. And I will never ever forget our conversation, because the conversation through writing was just so very beautiful ❤️❤️❤️🥀. ❤️🥀❤️🥀 It was the type of conversation that will never ever be forgotten and it's something that I will always treasure in my heart ❤️🥀❤️🥀❤️🥀, from you I'm still always promoting your music 🎵🎵🎵 because you have that god-given voice that is so lovely 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹. Well I'd like you to know that I'm still here and anytime you feel like reaching out please feel free to do so I would love to hear from you again anytime, and much peace and love to you and yours. 🥀🌹🌹🌹

@devicerable

12y

i loooooooooooove it!!!

@alliecat1941

11y

No one seems to be able to sing a song better then the orginial singer. Not even Willie who wrote it.

@TowMater603

5y↑15

just so you all know , Willie Nelson was the Original singer. granted , Patsy made it famous , but Willie wore it 1st !
That aside , LeAnn does this song proud .