Well, my bills are all due and the kids need some shoes

And I'm busted

Cotton is down to 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

The county will haul my belongings away

But I'm busted

I went to my brother to ask for a loan

I was busted

I hate to beg like a dog for a bone

When 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

But 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

But I'm bustеd

The fields are all barе

And the cotton won't grow

Me and my family's got to pack up and go

Where I'll make a living, the Lord only knows

But I'm busted

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