Well my bills are all due and the baby needs shoes and I'm busted Cotton is down to a quarter of a pound I'm busted I got a cow that's gone 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 I'm busted (he's busted) I went to my brother to ask for a loan cause I was busted Now I hate to beg like a dog for a bone but I was busted My brother said there's not 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 (he's busted) Though I am no thief but a man can go wrong if he's busted The food that we canned last summer is gone I'm busted Now the fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow Me and my wife we gotta pack up and go I'll make a living just how I don't know 'cause I'm busted