de@moscom.UUCP (Dave Esan) (04/05/85)
> 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)
mercury@ut-ngp.UUCP (Larry E. Baker) (04/06/85)
]][[ Subject: RE: Mercedes-Benz song (from David Esan (de@moscom)) > Oh Lord won't you buy me a night on the town > (at this point memory fails me) Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town I'm counting on you, Lord, please don't let me down Impress all my friends, Lord, and buy the next round Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town... And there you have it... -- - Larry Baker @ The University of Texas at Austin - ... {seismo!ut-sally | decvax!allegra | tektronix!ihnp4}!ut-ngp!mercury - ... mercury@ut-ngp.ARPA