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Bob Dylan's Original Typewritten Draft Lyrics for 'I'm Not There' Have Been Rediscovered After More Than Half a Century

Smithsonian Magazine·Ellen Wexler·about 1 month ago
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For decades, eager fans could only hear the obscure song on bootleg vinyl recordings. The draft lyrics, which were found inside a first-edition copy of Allen Ginsberg poetry, just sold at auction for $6,800 April 22, 2026 12:15 p.m. The typewritten lyrics were found on a torn piece of paper measuring roughly eight by seven inches. Omega Auctions A book dealer was leafing through an Allen Ginsberg paperback when a tattered piece of paper fell from its pages. The lined sheet, torn across its bottom edge, featured a series of cryptic typewritten verses. The typist had used punctuation sparingly and capitalization only for emphasis. One segment read: shes a lone hearted miss an she DAREN’T CARRY ON when im there shes alright but shes not when im gone SHES GONE SHES GONE!!!!…

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