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From: alle@ihuxb.UUCP (Marguerite Czajka)
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Subject: Re: opinion poll for worst song ever!
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Date: Mon, 1-Apr-85 08:57:41 EST
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> 
> There is one song that is so horrible that I almost like it. I don't
> remeber the name of it, nor the name of the performer. The first
> line was -
> "Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz".
> Does anyone remember the rest of it?
> 
> elizabeth purtell
> 
> (Lady Godiva)

The song is by Janis Joplin.  I'm not sure of the title - it may just
be Mercedes Benz.