Well, I saw the thing__ a com-in' out of the sky,__
It had one long horn and one big eye___
I com-menced to shak-in' and I said "Ooh - wee,__
it looks like a pur-ple peo-ple eat-er to me."___

It was a one-eyed, one-horned, fly-in' pur-ple peo-ple eat-er,
One - eyed, one-horned, fly-in' pur-ple peo-ple eat-er,
One-eyed, one-horned, fly-in' pur-ple peo-ple eat-er,
Sure looked strange to me.___

Well, he came down to earth__and he lit in a tree,___
I said, "Mis-ter pur-ple peo-ple eat-er, don't eat me."__
I heard him say in a voice so gruff.__
"I would-n't eat your 'cause you're so tough."__

Well___bless my soul, Rock 'n Roll, fly-in' pur-ple peo-ple eat-er, 
Pid-geon toed, un-der-growed fly-in' pur-ple peo-ple eat-er,
He wears short shorts, friend-ly lit-tle peo-ple eat-er
What a sight to see.___

I said, "Mis-ter pur-ple peo-ple eat-er, what's your line?"
He said, "Eat-in' pur-ple peo-ple, and it sure is fine,
But that's not the rea-son that I came to land,
I wan-na get a job in a rock and roll band."

It was a one-eyed, one-horned, fly-in' pur-ple peo-ple eat-er,
One - eyed, one-horned, fly-in' pur-ple peo-ple eat-er,
One-eyed, one-horned, fly-in' pur-ple peo-ple eat-er,
Sure looked strange to me.___

And then he swung from the tree and he lit on the ground,
And he started to rock, a-really rock-in' a-round.
It was a cra-zy ditty with a swing-in' tune,
Singa bop bapa loop a lap a loom bam boom.

It was a one-eyed, one-horned, fly-in' pur-ple peo-ple eat-er,
One - eyed, one-horned, fly-in' pur-ple peo-ple eat-er,
One-eyed, one-horned, fly-in' pur-ple peo-ple eat-er,
Sure looked strange to me.___

Well he went on his way and then what-a you know,
I saw him last night on a T.V. show
He was blow-in' it out,
real-ly knockin' 'em dead !

It was a one-eyed, one-horned, fly-in' pur-ple peo-ple eat-er,
One - eyed, one-horned, fly-in' pur-ple peo-ple eat-er,
One-eyed, one-horned, fly-in' pur-ple peo-ple eat-er,
Sure looked strange to me._