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

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 lit in a 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"

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

I said. "Mr. 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"

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

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

Well, bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater
"I like short shorts"
Flyin' purple people eater
What a sight to see (purple people?)

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

"Tequila"

Copyright: DOTSON-WOOLEY ENTERTAINMENT
Writer(s): Sheb Wooley




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Sheb Wooley "The Purple People Eater" (Official Video)
Sheb Wooley "The Purple People Eater" on The Ed Sullivan Show
1958 HITS ARCHIVE: The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley (a #1 record)
Sheb Wooley - Purple People Eater (1958)
One Eyed one Horned Flying Purple People Eater
American Bandstand 1967 – The Purple People Eater, Sheb Wooley
Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley {Stereo}
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