My bills are all due
And the baby needs shoes
And 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's gonna haul
my belongings away
'Cause I'm busted
I went to my brother
to ask for a loan
'Cause I was busted
I hate to beg like a dog
without his 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'
about callin' on you
And I'm busted
Well 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
got to pack up and go
And I'll make a livin'
Just where I don't know
'Cause I'm busted
I'm broke
No bread
I mean like nothin'
Uh uh uh forget it
I-I-I-I mean
I-I-I ain't got no money honey