Original handwritten lyrics to three different Love compositions, all unsigned, on individual sheets of lightly-lined loose leaf paper, all composed at the age of 14 while at Hillcrest Juvenile Hall in Salem, Oregon, in 1978. Compositions are titled ‘Almighty Grace,’ ‘A Million Miles,’ and ‘I Hate Myself.’ In ‘I Hate Myself,’ Love pens 19 lines of lyrics and notations, with the lyrics beginning: “You come shiveling at my doorstep sayin’ you’ve been saved almighty grace has rescued you from an early grave.” She also writes quotes from two well known rock and rollers, “Can’t keep a cool pup off your leg—Ted N.,” and “If you want something for nothin'’ go jerk off—Bob Weir.” ‘A Million Miles,’ also 19 lines of lyrics and notations, begins: “Another one for you—(I kept it under my pillow for so long). A million miles from your love beads/And yet its still there/You got that special place/And I never even touched you.” The final work, ‘I Hate Myself,’ is 27 lines long, and begins: “You think I hate myself for something I have done/Oh you don’t make me proud/I’m absolved but you have yet to come clean/Oh you yell so loud/sinister view.” Love has also added several doodles to the sheet as well. Each page is accompanied by a 2014 letter of authenticity from Love’s father, which reads, in part: “This page was given by Courtney Michelle Harrison aka Courtney Love to me, her biological father…in 1980. This document has been in my possession since 1980. The poem was written in Hillcrest Juvenile Hall in Salem, Oregon, in 1978 when Courtney was 14. She brought her poetry binder on the plane to Ireland and left it with me along with dozens of other notes and scrapbook pages that she created…The poem is sold without rights to publication…Rights belong to and are retained by G. H. Hank Harrison and his estate.” In fine condition. Deeply personal lyrics from Love’s time abroad. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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