Dr. Bernie Siegel, who prefers to be called Bernie, not Dr. Siegel, was born in Brooklyn, NY. He attended Colgate University and Cornell University Medical College. He holds membership in two scholastic honor societies, Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha and graduated with honors. His surgical training took place at Yale-New Haven Hospital, West Haven Veteran&rsquo's Hospital and the Children&rsquo's Hospital of Pittsburgh. He retired from practice as an assistant clinical professor of surgery at Yale of general and pediatric surgery in 1989 to speak to patients and their caregivers.
Listen to the song I wrote after being inspired by my conversation with Bernie: Bobbie & Bernie and all the other Podsongs
Lyrics to the song that was inspired by the interview:
BOBBIE AND BERNIE
Bpm: 93
VERSE
G Em
I've come to a choice now
C G
On which road do I go
Em C
I'll follow the right fork
D
By taking them both.
They're the beginning of a circle
That you cannot see.
But all bring you home,
like a river to the sea.
CHORUS
G
Oh Bernie
Em
Did you hold on tight today?
C
Draw me a picture
D
Of the demons in your way
Oh Bobbie
I'm taking you out tonight
Leave a sandwich on the back porch
Tie a bow to the streetlight
Em C
The Earth will be absorbed one day
Em G
Back into the sun
Em C
But Bobbie and Bernie
D G
Will remain as one
VERSE
When the cold weather's rising
And the icy wind wakes
Washing all before it frozen
All the skies and lakes
With her back to the wind
and her voice to the clouds
She found that her spirit
Could soar above the ground
CHORUS
Oh Bernie
Come up and see me some time
I'm leaving notes for you everywhere
A penny and a dime
Oh Bobbie
Yeah I heard you moving last night
You've got to learn to keep it down
I'm getting up early to write
The end will come for everyone
The goldfish and the young
But Bobbie and Bernie
Are here for everyone
INSTRUMENTAL
MIDDLE
G
Send me dimes
Em
Send me pennies
C
Many signs
Em
Through the lives
You're still mine
You've sent me many
Where I go
All the time
BRIDGE
The end will come for everyone
The happy and the young
But Bobbie and Bernie
Are here for everyone
VERSE
Don't search for answers
Don't ask me why
Just tilt your head back
And laugh at the sky