Discover the story of the song > Busted – Patty Loveless

The protagonist is struggling to make ends meet because the mines in their town have closed down. She has bills to pay, her cow and hen aren't producing, and her friends are leaving town. She even had to ask her brother for a loan but he couldn't help. The family has to give up their land and sell their cow to move up north where there's work and a chance for a better life.