Busted

Well, my bills are all due and the baby needs shoes and I'm busted Cotton went 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's gonna haul my belongings away 'cause I'm busted Well, I went to my brother to ask for a loan for I was busted I hate to beg like a dog without his bone, but I'm busted Well, 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 about calling on you 'cause I'm busted Well, my bills are all due and the baby needs shoes and I'm busted Cotton went 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's gonna haul my belongings away 'cause I'm busted Well, I am 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 got to pack up and go And I'll make a living, just where I don't know 'cause I'm busted I'm broke, no bread Don't know what to do anymore I don't know But I'll find a way, yeah