My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes but I`m busted
Cotton is 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 gettin` bigger each day
The county will haul my belongings away cause I`m busted
I went to see my brother gonna ask him 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 one thing I can do
Wife and the kids they`re all down with the flu
I was just thinking about calling on you cause I`m busted
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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
Well the fields are all bare and the cotton won`t grow
Me and my family gotta pack up and go
I`ll make a living but where I don`t I`m just busted