All the bills are all due and the baby needs shoes But I'm busted Cotton is down to a quarter a pound And I'm busted 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 And I'm busted Well I went to brother Bill to get me a loan I was busted But I hate to beg like a dog for a bone I'm busted Brother Bill said you know there's not a thing I can do My wife and my kids are all down with the flu And I was just thinkin' on callin' on you 'Cause 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's all gone And I'm busted All the fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow Me and my family's got to pack up and go Where I'll make a livin' the Lord only knows I'm busted All the bills are all due and the baby needs shoes But I'm busted Cotton is down to a quarter a pound And I'm busted 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 And I'm busted