My bills are all due and the babies need shoes And I'm busted Cotton is down to a quarter a pound 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 I'm busted I hate to beg like a dog for a bone But I'm busted My brother said "There's not a thing I can do My wife and my kids Are all down with the flu I was just thinkin' About callin' on you I'm busted --- Instrumental --- 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 Gotta pack up and go I'll make a living But how, I don't know Cause I'm busted... No bread, I mean nothin'...