[Intro — spoken]

Kevin had just returned from three weeks in Southeast Asia...

He felt tired when he landed — thought it was jet lag...

By Thursday his eyes had turned yellow...

His wife said you need to go now...

[Verse 1]

Kevin packed his bags for Asia — thirty-eight years old,

Three weeks of adventure — stories to be told,

Street food every corner — ate it without care,

Water from a fountain — drinking without flair.

Landed home on Tuesday — tired to the bone,

Thought it was the travel — not the seeds that were sown,

Thursday morning mirror — eyes like autumn gold,

Kevin's wife said go right now — you look five days old.

[Pre-Chorus]

Belly tender on the right — just below the ribs,

Nausea coming back — putting things on the skids,

Urine dark as coffee — stool pale as the sand,

Kevin finally listened — went as she had planned.

[Chorus]

Kevin's liver fighting — toxin or a bug,

Yellow skin and yellow eyes — pulling out the plug,

Dark urine — pale stool — tender on the right,

Kevin's liver fighting — struggling in the night.

[Verse 2]

Blood test showed the liver enzymes — climbing off the chart,

Bilirubin building up — doing its own part,

Doctor asked about the travel — every place he'd been,

Street food — water — needles — anything he'd seen.

Specific blood test came back — marker in the blood,

Virus caught from food or water — coming through the mud,

Short course illness — most will clear on their own,

Kevin just needs time and rest — back to the home.

[Bridge]

No alcohol for six months — liver needs its rest,

No medications that the liver has to test,

Close contacts need a shot — vaccine stops the spread,

Household members getting vaccinated — nothing left unsaid.

Kevin resting at home — jaundice slowly clearing,

Energy returning — better than he's fearing,

Never getting it again — immunity for life,

Kevin back to normal — back with his wife.

[Outro]

Kevin travels still — but vaccines first in line,

Hepatitis A — typhoid — all of them — just fine,

Checks the CDC travel site — before he boards the plane,

Kevin's liver healing — never sick again.

“Kevin’s Story”