I lay all my songs   At Johnny Mathis' feet   I said, "Johnny, Johnny tell me   Can you tell me how to live?"      "All my hopes are unraveling   And I just lost my lease   On my house without love   Doors, or windows without peace"      And with a wave of his jewel-encrusted hand   Across the glittering Las Vegas scene he said   "You gotta learn how to disappear   In the silk and amphetamine"      Johnny looked at my songs and he said   "Well, at first guess   Never in my life   Have I ever seen such a mess"      "Why do you say everything   As if you were a thief?   Like what you've stolen has no value   Like what you preach is far from belief?"      And with a wave of his red white and blue hand   Across the glittering Hollywood scene he said   "You gotta learn how to disappear   In the silk and amphetamine, in the silk and amphetamine"      Johnny looked at my old collection   Of punk rock posters   Anonymous scenes of disaffection   Chaos, torture      And he said, "You were on the right track   But you're a lamb jumping for the knife"   He said, "A real showman knows   How to disappear in the spotlight   In the spotlight, in the spotlight, in the spotlight"