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 for a 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

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 Lord, just where I don't know cause I'm busted

I'm busted

Ain't got no money

Can you loan me a quarter?