Well my bills are all due

and the baby needs shoes but I'm busted

Cotton is down to a quarter a pound

and I'm busted

I got a cow that's gone dry,

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 called up 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 ain't a thing I can do

My wife and the kids are

all down with the flu

And I was just thinkin'

'bout callin' on you

'Cause I'm busted

Now I'm no thief

but a man can go wrong when he's busted

The food that we canned last

summer is gone and we're busted

The fields are all bare

and the cotton won't grow

Me and my family's gotta pack up and go

I'll make a livin',

just where I don't know

'Cause I'm busted

I'm broke!

Busted!