The original music (and lyrics) for Bill Plympton's YOUR FACE

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As a follow-up to our post the other day about Bill Plympton's classic 1987 cartoon short Your Face, blogger Rick Unger has posted an MP3 file featuring the cartoon's music in its original form, before singer/songwriter Maureen McElheron's voice was slowed down to sound (sort of) male. Heard without the distortion, it really is a lovely song. Weird and creepy, but lovely. Unger has also transcribed the lyrics thusly:

Your face is like a song
Your sweet eyes whisper
And I want to sing along
Your features are in tune
Let's sing together
And turn every month to June

Your face hums
Makes me a happy fella
No more singing a capella
No longer lonely
Lovin' you only

You lips with mine will rhyme
And when they touch me
It's a symphony divine
Your cheeks, you ears, your hair
Weave me a melody
Of melodies so rare

Your face hums
Makes me a happy fella
No more singing a capella
No longer lonely
Lovin' you only

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