[Verse 1]

Yeah, my bills are all due and the baby needs shoes but I'm busted

Cotton is down to a quarter a pound but I'm busted right now

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 right now

Oh, yes I am

[Verse 2]

Well, I went to my brother to ask for a loan 'cause I was busted

I hate to beg like a dog without a bone but I'm busted, I tell ya

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 myself"

Well, that's what he told me

[Verse 3]

Yeah, I am no thief but a man can go wrong when he's busted

The food that we canned the last summer is gone and I'm busted right now

Well, the fields all are bare and the cotton won't grow

Me and my family got to pack up and go

I'll make a living, where, I don't know 'cause I'm busted today

[Outro]

Y'all know I'm broke

I ain't got no money

I'm talkin' 'bout empty pockets

Ah, forget it

Ah, to hell with it

Yeah