Lyric 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 without his 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 callin on you
And I m busted.

Well I am no thief but a man can go wrong
When he s busted
The food that we packed that last summer is gone
And I m busted
The fields are all bare and the cotton won t grow
Me and my fam ly got to pack up and go
But I ll make a living just where I don t know
Cause I m busted.


Words and music by Harlan Howard
(copyright 1962 tree publishing co.,inc.)
international copyright secured
all rights reserved.