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Busted


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Jordan J. Ballor
posted by on Thursday, October 30, 2008
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The lyrics to “Busted,” written by Harlan Howard, and made famous as performed by Johnny Cash:

My bills are all due and the babies need shoes,
But I’m Busted
Cotton’s gone down to a quarter a pound
And I’m Busted

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Still ‘Busted,’ Forty Years Later


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Jordan J. Ballor
posted by on Monday, January 14, 2008
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Yesterday was the fortieth anniversary of Johnny Cash’s live recording of the album At Folsom Prison. On the 1999 re-release, the brief song “Busted” (originally recorded by Cash in 1962) was included.

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The Man in Black


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Jordan J. Ballor
posted by on Friday, December 14, 2007
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“Well, we’re doin’ mighty fine, I do suppose,
In our streak of lightnin’ cars and fancy clothes,
But just so we’re reminded of the ones who are held back,
Up front there ought ‘a be a Man In Black.”

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