My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes and 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 gets bigger each day And the county´s gonna haul my belongings away ´cause I´m busted
I went to my brother´s, I asked for a loan, ´cause I was busted I hate to beg like a dog for a bone but I´m busted My brother said, "There ain´t a thing I can do My wife and my kids are all down with the flu And I was just thinking about calling on you ´cause I´m busted"
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 The fields are all bare and the cotton won´t grow
Me and my family´s gotta pack up and go How I´ll make a living, Lord, I just don´t know ´cause I´m busted
I´m busted Ain´t got no money Can you loan me a quarter?