歌词
My bills are all due and the babies need shoes but I'm busted
欠了一箩筐帐，孩子需要穿鞋但我已破产
Cotton is down to a quater a pound and I'm busted
棉花减收到一夸特，一磅，而我已破产
I've got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay
我的牛产不出奶，母鸡也不下蛋
A big stack of bills that get bigger each day
一大堆的账单倒是每天都在涨
The County will haul my belongings away I'm busted
郡里要收走我的财产，我真的走投无路了
I went to my brother to ask for a loan I was busted
我到我兄弟那里求他接济，我无处可去
I hate to beg like a dog for a bone but I'm busted
我恨像条狗讨骨头一样求人，但我走投无路了
My brother said there ain't a thing I can do
我兄弟说他什么也做不了
My wife and my kids are all down with the flu
“我的妻子和孩子也因为一场大病倒下了”
And I was just thinking of calling on you I'm busted
“我还想着向你求救呢，我已经走投无路”
Lord I'm no thief but a man can go wrong when he's busted
主啊，我不是贼，但一个人走投无路时是会做坏事的
The food that we canned last summer is gone and I'm busted
去年夏天保存的食物已消耗殆尽，我什么也没了
The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow
土地如此贫瘠，棉花不长
Me and my family's gotta pack up and go
我和我的家人只能收拾起来离开这里
Where I'll make a livin' the Lord only knows but I'm busted
我去哪里讨生活？只有上帝知道，但我是个走投无路之人。
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