Busted

The bills are all due, the babies need shoes, I'm busted

Cotton is down to a quarter a pound, I'm busted

Got a cow that's gone dry, hen that won't lay

A big stack of bill's get bigger each day

The county's gonna haul my belongings away, I'm busted

I called brother Bill to ask for a loan, I was busted

Lord, I hate to beg like a dog for a bone, I'm busted

My brother said, "There ain't a thing I can do

My wife and my kids, they're all down with the flu

I was just thinkin' of callin' on you, I'm busted"

Now Lord, I'm no thief, but I can go wrong, I'm so busted

The food that we canned last summer is gone, I'm busted

The fields are all bare, the cotton won't grow

Me and my family's gotta pack up and go

Where I'll make a livin', Lord only knows I'm busted

Where I'll make a livin', Lord only knows I'm busted