The bills are overdue and the babies need shoes
and we're busted.
Pardon is down to a quarter of a pound and we're busted.
Got a cow that's got pride 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.
My phone brother Bill thought I'd ask for a loan.
We're busted.
Now I hate to beg like a dog for a bone,
but we're busted.
Well Bill said there ain't a thing I can do.
My wife and my kids are all down with the flu
and we were just thinking of calling on you.
We're busted.
Now I'm not a bee,
but you sure can go wrong when you're busted.
The food that we canned last summer is gone and we're busted.
The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow,
though me and my family must pack up and go.
Where we'll make a living, the Lord only knows.
We're busted.