Daryl Hall & Ballad of the Deer Tick

Daryl Hall (born October 11, 1946) is an American singer and musician, best known as the principal lead vocalist of Hall & Oates (with guitarist and songwriter John Oates).
Hall & Oates had six No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart between 1977 and 1984, all six of which were written or co-written by Hall.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355461/bio

One of his biggest hits
Daryl Hall & John Oates - Out Of Touch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D00M2KZH1J0

In 2005, the Hall & Oates cancelled a tour, revealing that Daryl Hall had been diagnosed with Lyme disease.

The Healthline Interview : Daryl Hall
https://www.healthline.com/health/daryl-hall-lyme-disease

Daryl Hall Lyme Disease Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwY26RIWSpU
He mentions he had 4 tick related infections :
ehrlichiosis, borrelia, babesia, and bartonella.

Ballad of the Deer Tick
Richard Horowitz
A light hearted song that looks at Lyme through the eyes of Clyde.
Written and performed by Dr. Richard Horowitz, Daryl Hall and T. Bone Wolk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvOSDTSM-Vw

Clyde came to my office one bright sunny day
He said doc I´m in an awful bad way
I´ve seen 19 docs and I´m almost dead
All they can tell me is it´s in my head
Doctor please, help me please?
I said Clyde can you tell me what you did in life
That caused you all this terrible strife
He said doc I was with my beautiful wife
In the woods one day enjoying life
We laid down on the ground and we fooled around
And before you knew it I was illness bound
From that day onward I´ve been going downhill
Can you give me a lotion or a potion or a magic pill?
Doctor, please, help me please

Chorus:
I´m gonna pick off a tick real quick before the devil gets within
It´d be crime for the Lyme to steal my mind
I sure could use it for a little more time
It hurts over here, it hurts over there
It hurts in places everywhere
It hurts in my fingers and it hurts in my toes
It hurts in places where nobody goes

I said Clyde this is your lucky day
I know why you´re feeling in such a bad way
That night in the shower did you check to see
If there was anything attached to the back of your knee
Or anywhere else, or anywhere else (I think you know what I mean)
Did you notice a mite or a bite or a tick or a ring
Or any such unusual thing?
Did you shake or quake, get hot or cold
Before your illness really took hold?
Clyde looked at me with a tear in his eye
And let out one enormous sigh
He said doc I remember some unusual rash
On my nose and my toes and where nobody goes

Chorus

I said Clyde this is not: Chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, Systemic lupus,
trigeminal neuralgia, Halitosis, Multiple Scleroris Or any hocus pocus diagnosis
It´s about time you got tested for Lyme
It´ll be wiser to check your ELISA
It´ll be easier to treat your Babesia
Once we will show your HMO the proof they need
The proof they need
Just pray it´s positive, you´ll be lucky indeed

Chorus