busted

my bills are all due and the babies need shoes

but i'm busted

cotton's gone down to a quarter a pound

and i'm busted

i got a cow that's gone dry

and a hen that won't lay

a big stack of bills

getting bigger each day

the county's gonna haul my belongings away

but i'm busted

so i called on 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's not a thing i can do