Lyrics to
Mercedes Benz

This version of Mercedes Benz was released by Janis Joplin in 1971.

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Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So 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 delivery each day until three,
So oh Lord, won’t you buy me a color TV ?

Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a night on the town ?
I’m counting on you, Lord, please don’t let me down.
Prove that you love me and buy the next round,
Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a night on the town ?

Everybody!
Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends,
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?

That’s it!

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About Lyrics and Mercedes Benz by Janis Joplin

The lyrics for Mercedes Benz are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1971 song by Janis Joplin. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Mercedes Benz have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Mercedes Benz by Janis Joplin in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Mercedes Benz" means the words set to the music of Mercedes Benz, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Janis Joplin. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Mercedes Benz and the lyrics to Mercedes Benz are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Janis Joplin who came here looking just for the lyrics to Mercedes Benz, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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