Busted Lyrics - Singles - Harlan Howard

The bills are all due and the babies need shoes but I'm busted 

Cotton is down to a quarter a pound but I'm busted 

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's gonna haul my belongings away I'm busted 

I called brother Bill and I asked for a loan I was busted 

Lord I hate to beg like a dog for a bone but I'm busted 

But Bill said there ain't a thing I can do 

My wife and the kids they're all down with the flu 

And I was just thinking of callin' 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 and we're busted 

The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow 

Me and my family's gotta pack up and go 

Where I'll make a living the Lord only knows I'm busted