I'm goin' back to the country, 'cos I can't pay my rent I may not be completely broke, but, brother, I'm badly bent I don't understand, where the money went I'm not broke, but I'm badly bent They warned me about the city: about the city life But I thought I knew everything: I took no one's advice Now I don't know where, all the money went I might not be broke, but I'm badly bent Yeah, I am just a country boy, tryin' to make some sense But I'd like to ask the Congress; I'd like to ask the president "Can you tell me where all the money went "We might not be broke, but we're badly bent? All right, Walt! Between the telephone, gas and electric bills, car payment and the rent Give it everything I got, can't seem to make a dent I don't understand where the money went I'm not broke but I'm badly bent Can you tell my where, all the money went I might not be broke, but I'm badly bent