OatsTougher Than The Rest

Are handwritten Springsteen lyrics really

worth thousands?

Handwritten lyrics to "Ballad of a Self-Loading Pistol," an unreleased track penned by Bruce during the early '70s, is now available on an online auction house. ( )

By Bobby Olivier | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

updated October 22, 2015 at 4:51 PM

A rare piece of Bruce Springsteen memorabilia has hit the market.

Handwritten lyrics to "Ballad of a Self-Loading Pistol," an unreleased track written during the early '70s, is now available on the online auction house website Paddle8.

The starting bid for this early-era Bruce collectible is $2,000.

Some Boss diehard will surely snatch up these lyrics, to a song that didn't make the cut for "Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J." or "The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle."

But is a piece of notebook paper with Springsteen's ink on it really worth the same as a new computer or a roundtrip ticket to Europe? Maybe the original sheets for iconic tracks like "Born To Run" or "Thunder Road," but what about for an unreleased song?

Take our poll and decide below:

http://www.nj.com/entertainmen...ten_springsteen.html

10/22/159:20 PM

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buckshotTougher Than The Rest

Papa you showed me the beauty of buckshot.

10/22/1510:07 PM

OatsTougher Than The Rest

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

10/22/1510:26 PM

CrookedCrutchTougher Than The Rest

Doubt it fetches much more than $2,000. It's an unfinished lyric, after all. On the same site, there's also this one...

https://paddle8.com/work/bruce...long-time-comin-song

I might be more inclined to pay for this one, if only for the "give birth" naked typo!

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