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Purple People Eater

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Purple People Eater

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Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky

It had the one long horn, one big eye.

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' puple people eater

Sure looks stange to me.

Well he came down to earth and 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 cuz 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.

I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line

He said it's 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, flying purple

people eater. Pidgeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin'

purple people eater

one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater

what a sight to see.

And then he swung from the tree and he lit on the

ground. He started to rock, really rockin' around

It was a crazy ditty with a swingin' tune

sing aboop boop aboopa lopa lum bam boom

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

What a sight to see

And then he went on his way, and then what do

you 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 (clarinet solo) ( Tequila)

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.

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