Well, I saw the thing coming out of the sky
It had one long horn and one big eye
I commenced to shakin’ and I said oo-wee
It looks like a purple people eater to me
It was a one-eyed one-horned flying purple people eater
One-eyed-one horned flying purple people eater
Sure looks good to me

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 would not eat you ‘cos you’re too tough
It was a one-eyed one-horned flying purple people eater
One-eyed one-horned flying purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me

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’n’roll band
Well bless my soul rock’n’roll flyin’ purple eater
Pigeon-toed under-growed flyin’ purple eater
One-eyed one-horned it was a people eater
What a sight to see

Well he swung from the tree and he lit the ground
He started to rock really rockin’ around
It was a crazy ditty with a swingin’ tune
Wop bop-a-lula, wop bam boom
One-eyed one-horned flying purple people eater
One-eyed one-horned flying purple people eater
Ooh, it sure looks strange to me
Well he went on his way and then what do you know
I saw him last night on a TV show
He was a blowin’ it out and really knockin’ them dead
Playing rock’n’roll music through the horn in his head