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Ray Charles — I'm Busted
Album: Ultimate Hits Collection
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Released: 1960
Length: 2:05
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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 and 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, over.
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I never heard this song before and i'm busted! Startin with an 8 because i love Ray Charles. Thank you Alana and William for playing this!
Posted 1 year ago by philonair    [ Reply ]
 ch83575 wrote:

I watched the movie Ray, and I don't remember any cows or hens in that dudes life.  What a liar.




Posted 2 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
My son (age 14) loves Ray Charles.  I'm quite happy about that.
Posted 6 years ago by pvg44    [ Reply ]
{#Devil_pimp}{#Bananapiano}
Posted 7 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
Bill - Uh, so what? Get over it.
Posted 7 years ago by benhardt57    [ Reply ]
I watched the movie Ray, and I don't remember any cows or hens in that dudes life.  What a liar.
Posted 8 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
That's a song most of us (and for sure myself) can identify with in these times when money's too tight to mention :(

 
Yeah... No kidding, right? :((
Posted 8 years ago by RCinSoCal    [ Reply ]
Nice brass arrangement!
Posted 9 years ago by Dog_Ear    [ Reply ]
I find the horns annoying.
Posted 10 years ago by haresfur    [ Reply ]
That's a song most of us (and for sure myself) can identify with in these times when money's too tight to mention :(
Posted 10 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
Theme music for the last five years. 

 
try 60
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]

This song is good for the ears...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
Until very recently — like, yesterday — this could have been my theme song. Sing it out, Ray!

 
Congradulations on your new job... or the recent death of a wealthy relative - whichever.
Posted 11 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]

Something very weird with Ray's vocal in this cut. Sounds like it's been lifted from an earlier recording and badly noise processed, it's all horrible and squelchy whilst the rest of the track is crisp, clear and noise-free.

Bill, where did you get this particular sound recording from?


Posted 12 years ago by christopherwoods    [ Reply ]
 Derecho wrote:
How could this have NOT been part of RP's playlist until now?
 
I think it had something to do with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation.  That, or aliens...  Great tune.
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
Until very recently — like, yesterday — this could have been my theme song. Sing it out, Ray!
 
explain....
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Until very recently — like, yesterday — this could have been my theme song. Sing it out, Ray!
Posted 12 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 finoufk wrote:

maybe because it's so old fasioned ?

 
This from the one who rated Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher" an 8??  {#Roflol}
Posted 12 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Theme music for the last five years. 
Posted 12 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Perfect theme for this time of year. Man I'm broke!
Posted 12 years ago by PA1749    [ Reply ]
 Derecho wrote:
How could this have NOT been part of RP's playlist until now?
 
maybe because it's so old fasioned ?

Posted 13 years ago by finoufk    [ Reply ]
no bread...I mean...nothin'...
Posted 13 years ago by dpvest    [ Reply ]
Man, he just keeps on doing it. As I've gotten older and delved a lot more deeply into his catalog (not just the pop culture songs everyone knows), Ray Charles continues to impress. The dude could just belt it out.
Posted 13 years ago by bmeador    [ Reply ]
Outstanding? Yes!
Posted 13 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]
{#Cool}
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Apropos for the times.
 
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Pun with his arrest and blacklisting?

Posted 13 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
How could this have NOT been part of RP's playlist until now?
Posted 13 years ago by Derecho    [ Reply ]