D              C             G
I lay all my songs at Johnny Mathis' feet
         D              C
I said, "Johnny tell me
          G
Can you tell me how to live?
 D                   C                  G
All my hopes are unraveling and I just lost my lease
         D             C
On my house without love, doors, or windows
         G
Without peace."


[Chorus]
         C                    G
And with a wave of his jewel-encrusted hand
           C                 G
Across the glittering Las Vegas scene he said
      C                  G                 D
"You gotta learn how to disappear in the silk and amphetamine."

G


[Verse]
D                    C         G
Johnny looked at my songs and he said
                       D          C
"Well at first guess, never in my life
               G
Have I ever seen such a mess
     D              C                        G
Why do you say everything as if you were a thief?
     D                       C
Like what you've stolen has no value
                  G
Like what you preach is far from belief?"


[Chorus]
      C                         G
And with a wave of his red white and blue hand
        C                    G
Across the glittering Hollywood scene he said
             C            G                 D
"You gotta learn how to disappear in the silk and amphetamine."
D
in the silk and amphetamine.

G D C G


[Verse]
     D                   C                      G
Johnny looked at my old collection of punk rock posters
    D                    C                     G
Anonymous scenes of disaffection chaos and torture


[Chorus]
                     C           G
And he said, "You were on the right track
             C          G
But you're a lamb jumping for the knife."
            C                G
He said, "A real showman knows how
    D
To disappear in the spotlight.

in the spotlight.

in the spotlight.
           G
in the spotlight.