The Purple People Eater!

THE PURPLE PEOPLE EATER    Sheb Wooley



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Well I saw the thing a-com-in' out of the sky

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It had one long horn and one big eye

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I com-menced a shak-in' and I said "ooh-wee"

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It looks like a pur-ple peo-ple eat-er to me


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It was a one-eyed one-horned fly-in' 

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pur-ple peo-ple eat-er

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One-eyed one-horned, fly-in' pur-ple peo-ple ea-ter

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One-eyed one-horned fly-in' pur-ple peo-ple eater

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Sure looked strange to me 

VERSE 2

Well he came down to earth and he lit in a tree
I said Mister Purple People Eater, don't eat me
I heard him say in a voice so gruff
I wouldn't eat you cuz you're so tough

CHORUS

VERSE 3 

I said Mister Purple People Eater, what's your line?
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 n roll, flyin' purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, under growed, flyin' purple people eater
He wears short shorts
Friendly purple people eater 
What a sight to see.
 
VERSE 4

And then he swung from the tree and he lit on the ground
He started to rock, a-really rockin' around
It was a crazy ditty with a swingin' tune
Sing a bop bapa loop a lap a loom bam boom

CHORUS 2

VERSE 5

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