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My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes |
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And i'm busted |
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Cotton is down to a quarter a pound |
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But i'm busted |
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I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay |
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A big stack of bills that gets bigger each day |
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The county's gonna haul my belongings away |
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'cause i'm busted. |
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I went to my brother to ask for a loan |
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'cause i was busted |
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I hate to beg like a dog without his bone |
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But i'm busted |
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My brother said there ain't a thing i can do |
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My wife and my kids are all down with the flu |
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And i was just thinking about callin' on you |
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And i'm busted. |
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Well i am no thief but a man can go wrong |
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When he's busted |
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The food that we packed that last summer is gone |
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And i'm busted |
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The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow |
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Me and my fam'ly got to pack up and go |
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But i'll make a living just where i don't know |
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'cause i'm busted. |
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Words and music by harlan howard |
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