My bills are all due
And the baby need shoes
And I'm bustedCotton is down
To a quarter a pound
I'm bustedI got a cow that went dry
And a hen that won't lay
A big stack of bills
That get bigger each dayThe county's gonna haul
My belongings away
'Cause I'm bustedI went to my brother
To ask for a loan
I was bustedI hate to beg
Like a dog for a bone
But I'm bustedMy brother said
"There's ain't a thing I can do
My wife and my kids
Are all down with the flu""I was just thinkin'
'Bout callin' on you
I'm busted"[Incomprehensible]Well, I am no thief
But a man can go wrong
When he's bustedThe food that we canned
Last summer is gone
And I'm bustedThe fields are all bare
And the cotton won't grow
Me and my family
Gotta pack up and goI'll make a living
But how, I don't know
'Cause I'm bustedI'm broke, no bread
I [Incomprehensible] to buy nothing man