From Uncut magazine, the story of the auction of N.Y.C. Blues:

The handwritten lyrics of an unknown Bob Dylan song have come to light and are being offered at auction.

The song, titled ”NYC Blues”, was written by Dylan in 1961 shortly after he arrived in Greenwich Village.

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The lyric, written in pencil on lined paper, was left by Dylan at the East 28th Street apartment of Mac and Eve McKenzie, with whom he stayed when he first arrived in New York.

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The full lyric is divided into six lines of uneven length and reads:

You ever been walking down the streets in NY town
Walking down east fourth St,
Call for the Mayor to fix the trouble there, mayor’ll say there ain’t no
trouble, it’s all down in Wash-S
Standing on the corner of Broadway an’ 49th seen so many people I never saw in my life
I went to sleep at nite clean as I could be when I awoke in the morning
dirt all over me
Now I don’t mind dirt cause there’s dirt on the land but did you ever see
dirty - that’s one thing I can’t stand

A seventh line begins “I…” and then stops, indicating that Dylan was dissatisfied with the lyric and at this point abandoned the song.

I sure hope none of my unfinished lyrics ever surface.

The auction is at this link and bidding stands at $3,723 as of this second.

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