busted

Lyrics

my bills are all due and the babies need shoes, but i'm busted, cotton's gone down to a quarter a pound, and i'm busted, i got a cow that's gone dry, and a hen that won't lay, a big stack of bills, getting bigger each day, the county's gonna haul my belongings away, but i'm busted, so i called on my brother to ask for a loan, 'cause i was busted, i hate to beg like a dog for a bone, but i'm busted, my brother said, "there's not 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, 'cause 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, but i'm busted, now 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, just where, i don't know, 'cause i'm busted