My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes 我的账单都是因为和孩子需要的鞋

And I'm busted 而且我捣毁

Cotton is down to a quarter a pound 棉花是下降到四分之一磅

But I'm busted 但我捣毁

I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay 我得到的就干一头牛和一只母鸡不会打好

A big stack of bills that gets bigger each day 账单一大叠，获取更大的每一天

The county's gonna haul my belongings away 该县会牵引我的东西离开

'Cause I'm busted. 因为我捣毁。

   

I went to my brother to ask for a loan 我去了我的哥哥，要求贷款

'Cause I was busted 因为我被捣毁

I hate to beg like a dog without his bone 我讨厌乞讨不喜欢他的骨头狗

But I'm busted 但我捣毁

My brother said there ain't a thing I can do 我哥哥说，是不是我能做的事

My wife and my kids are all down with the flu 我的妻子和我的孩子们都与流感都有所减少

And I was just thinking about callin' on you 而我只是你想呼唤

And I'm busted. 而我捣毁。

   

Well I am no thief but a man can go wrong 好吧，我没有小偷，但一个人可以去错了

When he's busted 当他捣毁

The food that we packed that last summer is gone 我们挤在去年夏天的食物不见了

And I'm busted 而且我捣毁

The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow 这些字段都是光秃秃的棉花不会增长

Me and my fam'ly got to pack up and go 我和我的famly得卷铺盖

But I'll make a living just where I don't know 但我会做一个生活只是，我不知道

'Cause I'm busted. 因为我捣毁。