Busted

The bills are all due and my baby need shoes but I'm busted
 Cotton is down to a quarter a pound but I'm busted
 I got a cow that's gone dry and a hen that won't lay
 A big stack of bills that gets bigger each day
 The county will haul my belongings away I'm busted
 I called brother Bill to get me a loan I was busted
 For I hate to beg like a dog for a bone but I'm busted
 But Bill said that there ain't a thing I can do
 My wife and my kids're all down with the flu
 And I was just thinking of calling on you I'm busted
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 Now Lord I'm no thief but a man can go wrong when he's busted
 The food that we canned last summer is gone I'm busted
 The fields're all bare and the cotton won't grow
 Me and my family's got to pack up and go
 But I'll make a living the Lord only knows I'm busted