Busted

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

It get bigger each day

The county will haul my belongin's 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 thinkin' of callin' on you

I'm busted"

Lord, I'm 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

Gotta pack up and go

Where I'll make a livin'

The Lord only knows

But I'm busted