Oscar fever alert
Boy, this film has got to have a lot of songs in it—case in point, Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. However, the song known as the “Theme from Crazy Heart” raised the film to new levels of appreciation.
“The Weary Kind” (full title “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)”) won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 82nd (2010) Academy Awards. In the film, you get renditions of the song by Jeff Bridges and Colin Farrell. In real life, and in the soundtrack, it was performed (and partly composed) by Ryan Bingham, a former rodeo bull rider turned singer/songwriter. “The Weary Kind” is credited to (composers) T-Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham.
Crazy Heart theme song lyrics
Your heart’s on the loose
You rolled them seven’s with nothing lose
And this ain’t no place for the weary kindYou called all your shots
Shooting 8 ball at the corner truck stop
Somehow this don’t feel like home anymoreAnd this ain’t no place for the weary kind
And this ain’t no place to lose your mind
And this ain’t no place to fall behind
Pick up your crazy heart and give it one more tryYour body aches
Playing your guitar and sweating out the hate
The days and the nights all feel the sameWhiskey has been a thorn in your side
and it doesn’t forget
the highway that calls for your heart insideAnd this ain’t no place for the weary kind
And this ain’t no place to lose your mind
And this ain’t no place to fall behind
Pick up your crazy heart and give it one more tryYour lovers won’t kiss
It’s too damn far from your fingertips
You are the man that ruined her worldYour heart’s on the loose
You rolled them seven’s with nothing lose
And this ain’t no place for the weary kind
Watch & Listen to Ryan Bingham perform “The Weary Kind”