My bills are all due
And the babies need shoes
But I'm busted
Cotton is down
To a quarter a pound
And I'm busted
I got a cow that went dry
And a hen that won't lay
A big stack of bills
That gets bigger each day
The county will haul
My belongings away
I'm busted
I went to my brother
To ask for a loan
I was busted
I hate to beg
Like a dog for a bone
But I'm busted
My brother said
"There ain't a thing I can do
My wife and my kids
Are all down with the flu
And I was just thinking
Of calling on you
I'm busted"
Lord, I ain't no thief
But a man can go wrong
When he's busted
The food that we canned
Last summer is gone
And I'm busted
The fields are all bare
And the cotton won't grow
Me and my family's
Gotta pack up and go
But I'll make a living
Where Lord only knows
But I'm busted