Lord Rockingham's XI — The Purple People Eater lyrics

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 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, «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 'n roll band.»
I wanna,
I wanna,
I-I-I wanna,
Rock 'n roll.
Well bless my soul,
Rock 'n roll,
Flying purple people eater.
Pigeon-toed,
Undergrowed,
Flyin' purple people eater!
We wear short-shorts!
Flyin' purple people eater!
Sure looks strange to me!
Aaah!
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,
Singin' «Aboop boop aboopa lopa lum bam boom!»
Well, bless my soul,
Rock n' roll,
Flying purple people eater!
Pigeon-toed,
Undergrowed,
Flyin' purple people eater!
I like short-shorts!
Flyin' little people eater!
Sure looks strange to me!
Purple people?
And then he went on his way,
And then what ya know?
I saw him last night on a TV show!
He was blowing it out,
A’really knockin' 'em dead!
Playin' rock 'n roll music through the horn in his head!
(Saxaphone solo)
(Yeah! x30)
Purple people eater!
Purple people eater!
Purple, purple, purple people eater!
It was a one-eyed,
One-horned,
Flyin' purple people eater!
One-eyed,
One-horned,
Flyin' purple people eater!
Sure looked strange to me!
Well, bless my soul,
Rock 'n roll,
Flying purple people eater!
Pigeon-toed,
Undergrowed,
Flyin' purple people eater!
One eyed,
One horned,
Flying purple people eater!
Sure looked strange to me!
Yeah, sure looked strange to me!