My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes
And I'm busted
Cotton is down by a quarter a pound
But 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 a bone
But I was busted
My brother said somethin', ain't a thing I can do
My wife and my kids, they're are all down with the flu
And I was just thinkin' 'bout callin' on you
'Cause I'm busted
Well, I am no thief, but a man can go wrong
When he's busted
The food that we canned for last summer is gone
I'm busted