My bills are all due

And the baby need shoes

And I'm busted

Cotton is down

To a quarter a pound

I'm busted

I got a cow that went dry

And a hen that won't lay

A big stack of bills

That get 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

I was busted

I hate to beg

Like a dog for a bone

But I'm busted

My brother said

There's ain't a thing I can do

My wife and my kids

Are all down with the flu

I was just thinkin'

'Bout callin' on you

I'm busted

Well I am 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

Gotta pack up and go

I'll make a living

But how I don't know

'Cause I'm busted

I'm broke no bread

To buy nothing man