Clarence! Clarence! Help me, Clarence! Get me back! Get me back, I don't care what happens...

[George returns to the bridge where his nightmare began, hoping to bring back his old life] George Bailey: [praying] Clarence! Clarence! Help me, Clarence! Get me back! Get me back, I don't care what happens to me! Get me back to my wife and kids! Help me Clarence, please! Please! I wanna live again. I wanna live again. Please, God, let me live again. [it begins to snow again] Bert: [shouts] Hey, George! George! You all right? Hey, what's the matter? George Bailey: Now get outta here, Bert, or I'll hit you again! Get outta here! Bert: What the sam hill you yellin' for, George? George Bailey: You... [suddenly stunned] George Bailey: George... Bert? Do you know me? Bert: Know you? Huh. You kiddin'? I've been looking all over town trying to find you. I saw your car plowed into that tree down there and I thought maybe you - hey, your mouth's bleeding. Are you sure you're all right? George Bailey: What the... [licks the corner of his lip and checks his mouth with his hand] George Bailey: Ha, ha, ha, ha! My mouth's bleeding, Bert! My mouth's bleeding! Zuzu's petals... Zuzu... George Bailey: [checking his pocket] There they are! Bert, what do you know about that! Merry Christmas!