John Lennon lyrics to raise $500,000 at auction

By Andy Pemberton

Lyrics to the Beatles song A Day In The Life written by John Lennon are to fetch half a million dollars when they are auctioned today. You can see the lyrics in question after the jump.

The controversial song was the final track of the band’s 1967 album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which spent 27 weeks at the top of the UK charts.

The double-sided sheet of paper features the lyrics – starting with ”I read the news today oh boy” – written in capital letters, along with cross-outs and corrections.

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