[Verse 1] Yeah, my bills are all due and the baby needs shoes but I'm busted Cotton is down to a quarter a pound but I'm busted right now 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 right now Oh, yes I am [Verse 2] Well, I went to my brother to ask for a loan 'cause I was busted I hate to beg like a dog without a bone but I'm busted, I tell ya 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 myself" Well, that's what he told me [Verse 3] Yeah, I am no thief but a man can go wrong when he's busted The food that we canned the last summer is gone and I'm busted right now Well, the fields all are bare and the cotton won't grow Me and my family got to pack up and go I'll make a living, where, I don't know 'cause I'm busted today [Outro] Y'all know I'm broke I ain't got no money I'm talkin' 'bout empty pockets Ah, forget it Ah, to hell with it Yeah