Purple People Eater Lyrics

Sheb Wooley, 1958


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The Purple People Eater

Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky
It had the one long horn, and one big eye
I commenced to shakin' and I said "Ooh-eee"
It looks like a purple people eater to me!


Chorus 1:

It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
(One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater)
A one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me (one eye?)


Well he came down to earth and he laid in the tree
I said, "Mr. Purple People Eater, don't eat me!"
I heard him say in a voice so gruff:
"I wouldn't eat you 'cause you're so tough"

=== Chorus 1 ===

I said Mr. Purple People Eater, "What's your line?"
And he said, "Eatin' purple people and it sure is fine...
...But that's not the reason that I came to land:
I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band!"


Chorus 2:

Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater
(We wear short shorts)
Friendly (Flyin') little people eater
What (Quite) a sight to see! (purple people?)


And then he swung from the tree and he laid on the ground
And he started to rock, really rockin' around
It was a crazy ditty with a swingin' tune
"Sing a bop-bop aboopa-lopa, loom bam-boom!"

=== Chorus 2 ===

Well he went on his way, and then what do ya know
I saw him last night on a TV show
He was blowing it out, a-really knockin' em dead
Playin' rock and roll music through the horn in his head!