My bills are all due   And the baby 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 get 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 was busted      I hate to beg   Like a dog for a bone   But I'm busted      My 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 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      I'm broke, no bread   I [Incomprehensible] to buy nothing man