Ray Charles - Busted (Official Audio)

The official audio of Ray Charles' "Busted" from the boxset TRUE GENIUS

Originally record by Country music legend Johnny Cash, Ray Charles version of “Busted” went to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in 1963. From the album Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul, the follow up to the genre defining Modern Sound in Country and Western Music Volume Two, Charles once again seamlessly combines elements of country and soul on this pop classic. Produced by Charles’ long time collaborator Sid Feller, this is the first time this track has been made officially available in over a decade.

In celebration of Ray Charles’ 90th birthday, Tangerine Records, the label he founded in 1962, is proud to announce the release of “True Genius” the ultimate Ray Charles collection. Featuring 90 of his greatest songs and most important recordings of his legendary career, this newly remastered set includes all of his biggest hits.

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LYRICS:
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, it's over

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