Elton John's 'Your Song' original handwritten lyrics sell for over $235K at auction

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Elton John's 'Your Song' original handwritten lyrics sell for over $235K at auction
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The lyrics were the first and only draft. Bernie Taupin handed the lyrics to Elton John, who wrote the music for the song in about 10 minutes.

The music superstar will be joined by Taron Egerton, star of "Rocket Man," for an interview airing Thursday on "GMA."With Elton John having quite the moment thanks to the movie"Rocketman," his sold-out farewell tour and his best-selling autobiography, it's no wonder there's lots of call for his memorabilia at auction.sold at Bonhams auction house Monday

for just under $237,600. The lyrics were the first and only draft -- as fans know, Taupin handed the lyrics to John, who wrote the music for the song in about 10 minutes. If you own a copy of John's 1975 album"Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Copy," a picture of this very same lyric sheet appears in the insert material.At the same sale, the original handwritten lyrics to"Bennie & the Jets" sold for just under $87,600, and the lyrics to"Border Song," with annotations by John, went for more than $31,000.

"I looked over at Bernie and rolled my eyes and said, 'Oh, the bitch is back.' And we all just started laughing hysterically."

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