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{{song credits
|title = Busted (unreleased cover)
|title = Busted (Live 2011)
|writer = [[Harlan Howard]]
|writer = [[Harlan Howard]]
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Imposters]]
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Imposters]]
|producer = [[Napoleon Dynamite]]
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|record_info  = [[Concert 2011-05-12 Los Angeles|May 11]] ''or'' [[Concert 2011-05-12 Los Angeles|12, 2011, Los Angeles, CA]]
|release_info =
|albums = [[The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook]] (Super Deluxe Edition), 2011
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|collections =
|soundtracks =
|various_artists =
|promos =
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Latest revision as of 03:18, 26 April 2012

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 right now
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 right now
Oh, yes I am

Well, I went to my brother to ask for a loan 'cause I was busted
I hate to beg like a dog without a bone but I'm busted I tell ya
My brother said there ain't a thing I can do
My wife and my kids all down with the flu
And I was just thinking about calling on you 'cause I'm busted myself
Well, that's what he told me

Yeah, 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 right now
Well, the fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow
Me and my family got to pack up and go
I'll make a living where I don't know cause I'm busted today

Y'all know I'm broke, I ain't got no money
I'm talking 'bout your big pocket
Ohh, forget it, hell with it, yeah

Busted (Live 2011)
Written byHarlan Howard
Performed byElvis Costello & The Imposters
Produced byNapoleon Dynamite
RecordedMay 11 or 12, 2011, Los Angeles, CA
AlbumsThe Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook (Super Deluxe Edition), 2011

First known performance:
May 7, 2011, Reno, NV
Last known performance:
June 29, 2011, Minneapolis, MN
     (11 known performances)


The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning SongbookThe Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook album cover.jpg


Recordings by other artists

 Artist  Year  Release  Links
Johnny Cash with the Carter Family  1963  single
Ray Charles  1963 Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul Wikipedia
 Nazareth  1977 Expect No Mercy
 Patty Loveless  2009 Mountain Soul II
Wanda Jackson  2011 The Party Ain't Over

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