v.1
My bills are all due and my baby needs shoes but I'm busted
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound and I'm busted
I got a cow that went dry a hen that won't lay
A big stack of bills that gets bigger each day
The county's gonna haul all my belongings away
Cause I'm busted

v.2
I went to my brother to ask for a loan I was busted
I hate to beg like a dog for a bone but I'm busted
My brother said there ain't a thing I can do
My wife and the kids are all down with the flu
An I was just thinkin of callin on you
Cause I'm busted

v.3
Lord I'm no thief but a man can go wrong when he's busted
The food that we canned last summer is gone an I'm busted
The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow
Me an' the family's gotta pack up and go
How I'll make a livin' the Lord only knows, I'm busted