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LOS ANGELES: The original handwritten lyrics to Elton John's hitout breakout "Your Song" are going up for sale in New York and are expected to be fetched.
Written by John's long time collaborator Bernie Taupin, the romantic ballad was the British singer's first big hit in 1970, and remains one of his best known songs. A staple of John's live shows, it has been performed over the years by singers ranging from Frank Sinatra and Petula Clark to Al Jarreau and Lady Gaga.
Bonhams, the auction house, said on Friday that the lyrics, written and notated in blue and signed B. Taupin, are the "original, first and only draft" of the song.
They are to be sold at Nov. 19 in New York by Taupin's first wife, Maxine. Bonhams declined to give a quote for a six-figure sum.
According to interviews with John in the early 1970s, Taupin once gave him the lyrics he took the singer just 10 minutes to come up with tune for "Your Song," which begins with the words, "It's a little bit funny."
In 2013, John told Rolling Stone magazine that it was "a perfect song. It gets better every time I sing it. … I was 22 and he was 19, and it gave us so much confidence. "
Song lyrics, especially if handwritten, have become sought after items by rock memorabilia collectors. Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" sold for a record $ 2 million at auction in New York in 2014.
Taupin is selling many of his lyrics, including the rewritten "Candle in the Wind" words for Princess Diana's London funeral in 1997, at another auction in New York on Nov. 9.
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