Harvey Bodine Songtext / Lyric

Harvey Bodine died at 11:09 and he left behind a miserable wife
And at 11:14, his heart came back on the screen
Thanks to that defib machine, he came back to life Oh, but those five minutes were heaven
A peace unlike he'd ever known and as he came back to the living
He thought "Please, God, don't make me go back to life" They told him what happened how that green line had flattened
Oh, Harvey just started laughing
He said, "You're telling me I died." (You're telling me I died?)

Oh, and he thought about that woman how she treated him for years
All a-yellin' and a-screamin' and the nagging and the tears
And the way it wasn't really all that bad when he lost his life

Because those five minutes were heaven
A peace unlike he'd ever known and now he was back with the living
And he found himself reaching for the phone
He called his lawyer, he called his priest
Told 'em bout how they restarted his heart
How his wedding vows were technically 'til death do us part

You'll probably judge me then so be it
But you know, boys, here's how I see it

Harvey Bodine died at 11:09 and he left behind a miserable wife
Oh, but at 11:14, my heart came back on that screen
Thanks to that defib machine, I've come back to life