Busted lyrics
by Ray Charles
My bills are all due
And the baby needs shoes
And I'm busted
Cotton is down
To a quarter a pound
But I'm busted
I got a cow that went 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
Cause I'm busted
I went to my brother
To ask for a loan
Cause I was busted
I hate to beg like
A dog without his bone
But I'm busted
My brother said
"There ain't a thing I can do,
My wife and my kids
Are all down with the flu,
And I was just thinking
About calling on you
Cause I'm busted"
Well, I am no thief
But a man can go wrong
When he's busted
The food that we canned
Last summer is gone
And I'm busted
The fields are all bare
And the cotton won't grow,
Me and my family
Got to pack up and go
But I'll make a living
Just where. I don't know
Cause I'm busted.
I'm broke
No bread
I mean like
Nothing,
Forget it...