Busted

My bills are all due and the babies 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 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

I'm 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.

I was just thinkin'

About callin' on you

I'm busted.

(Instrumental)

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...

No bread, I mean nothin'...