the bills are all due
and the babies need shoes but we're busted
cotton is down to a quarter
a pound and we're busted
got a cow that's gone dry
and a hen that won't lay
a big stack of bills
that gets bigger each day
the county's gonna haul
our belongings away
we're busted
i called brother bill
thought i'd ask for a loan
we're busted
now we hate to beg like a dog
for a bone but we're busted
but bill said that
there ain't a thing i can do