Testo Johnny Mathis' Feet

I lay all my songs at Johnny Mathis' feet
I said, "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"

Johnny looked at my old collection of punk-rock posters
Anonymous scenes of disaffection, chaos and 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