| 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 |