Crazy
Patsy Cline · 1961
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- I'm crazy for trying
- And crazy for crying
- And I'm crazy for loving you
Sing the opening verse
- I'm crazy for feeling so lonely
- I'm crazy
- Crazy for feeling so blue
- I knew
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I'm crazy for feeling so lonely
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You'd leave me for somebody new
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
What in the world did I do
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I'm crazy for trying
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Crazy for feeling so blue
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
I'm ? for feeling so lonely
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Crazy for ? so blue
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
You'd ? me for somebody new
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
What in the ? did I do
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
And I'm crazy for ? you
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "crazy" in the whole song?
"crazy"
Exercise 23
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- And I'm crazy for loving you
- I'm crazy for feeling so lonely
- Why do I let myself worry?
Exercise 24
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- And crazy for crying
- Crazy for feeling so blue
- What in the world did I do
Exercise 25
If you could ask Patsy Cline one question about "Crazy", what would it be and why?
Exercise 26
Rewrite the chorus of "Crazy" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 27
If you had to summarize "Crazy" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
i'm→you'd→
Exercise 29
Describe the mood of "Crazy" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 30
Imagine you are making a short film with "Crazy" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?