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!!!!…