Oh  my bills are all due
And the babies need shoes
Then I'm busted

Cotton is down
To a quarter a pound
And 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

And the county's gonna
Haul my belongings away
'Cuz I'm busted

'Cuz I went to my brother
To ask for a loan
'Cuz I was busted

Well I hate to beg
Like a dog for a bone

But I'm busted

Oh  my brother said
There ain't a thing I can do

My wife and my kids are down
With the flu

And I was just thinkin'
About callin' on you

Now I'm busted

Lord  I'm 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 families gotta
Pack up and go

I'll make a living
And where I don't know
'Cuz I'm busted