"Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz? My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends"
— Janis Joplin

January 1, 1970

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Mercedes Benz", co-written with Bob Neuwirth in 1970, inspired by the first line of a song by Michael McClure: "Come on, God, and buy me a Mercedes Benz.