Busted

My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes
and I'm busted
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound,
but 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
The county's gonna haul my belongings away
cause I'm busted.
I went to my brother to ask for a loan
cause I was busted
I hate to beg like a dog without his 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.
Well, I am 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 got to pack up and go,
But I'll make a living, just where I don't know
cause I'm busted.
I'm broke, no bread, I mean like nothing,