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From: de@moscom.UUCP (Dave Esan)
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Subject: RE: Mercedes-Benz song
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Date: Fri, 5-Apr-85 13:46:26 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?

I guess there is not accounting for taste, but the song was done by Janis
Joplin, and was intended as serious commentary on American materialism and
lack of intellectual stimulation.  While I don't remember all the words it
ran something like this:

And now for a song of great social import:

Oh Lord, won't you  buy me a Mercedes-Benz?
All my friends have got Porsches
I must make amends,
Work hard all my life
no help from my friends,
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz?

Oh Lord won't you buy me a color TV?
Dialing for dollars is trying to find me,
I wait for the telephone each day until three,
Oh Lord won't you buy me a color TV?

Oh Lord won't you buy me a night on the town

(at this point memory fails me)

Strangely, this has always been one of my favorite songs.

David Esan (!moscom!de)