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[Verse]
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Well I grew up around Bethany
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'cause my folks were raised in Bethany,
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on the East edge of the country
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and the West edge of OKC.
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My grandparents bought an estate there
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in 1938 there.
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A thousand nights I stayed there,
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and a million meals I ate there, yep.
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My first love was Kathy,
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and I took her out to Bethany
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so she could meet the family,
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and then I said "She ain't for me", no...
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And since Jesus went through a Bethany
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on his way from a Galilee,
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I had me an epiphany
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to write a song about... it
[Chorus]
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When I die, just lay me down beneath the ground of that town,
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and we'll call it a Bethany Breakdown
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[Verse]
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Holiday memories take me back
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to my sister Paula and Uncle Jack,
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and Mark and Joey and Collin too,
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and Mom and Dad, and all of you.
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Hung out there every Sunday
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with my cousins Mike, Jake and Clay.
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We'd wrestle with the kids and play
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and talk about the Girl of the Day, yep!
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And finally, there came a date
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when we boys took over that real estate.
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The poker was fun, the girls were great
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not the path to Heaven's gate, no
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But nowadays, that house is gone,
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the old folks have done moved on.
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But we still have this little song,
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so crank it up and get it on!
[Chorus]
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When I die, just lay me down beneath the ground of that town,
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and we'll call it a Bethany Breakdown
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