I need the lyrics for "Flying Purple People Eater"
John Spiller
first verse sounds like (with other lines for context):
I saw the thing coming out of the sky
had one long horn and one big eye
>>>>> eye ka mister shakin in the cidarwee
It looks like a purple people eater to me
And I cannot for the life of me figure out what they could possibly
be saying.
Bill Marcum
John Spiller <j...@engr.sgi.com> wrote:
>I have most of them, but the third line of the
>first verse sounds like (with other lines for context):
>
> I saw the thing coming out of the sky
> had one long horn and one big eye
>>>>>> eye ka mister shakin in the cidarwee
> It looks like a purple people eater to me
>
(this song was written and sung by a guy named Sheb Wooley)
--
Bill Marcum bma...@iglou.com
"Even the samurais have teddy bears, and even the teddy bears get drunk"
(don't ask me what it means, it came from the 'fortune' program).
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In article <DqFLr...@iglou.com>, bma...@iglou.iglou.com says...
PURPLE PEOPLE EATER SHUFFLE 165
58- SHEB WOOLEY
Eb
WELL I SAW THE THING A-COMING OUT OF THE SKY
Bb7 Eb
IT HAD ONE LONG HORN AND ONE BIG EYE
Eb7 Ab
I COMMENCED TO SHAKING AND I SAID OOO--WEE
Bb7 Eb Bb7
IT LOOKS LIKE A PURPLE PEOPLE EATER TO ME IT WAS A
Eb
(ONE EYED ONE HORNED FLYING PURPLE PEOPLE EATER
(Bb
(ONE EYED ONE HORNED FLYING PURPLE PEOPLE EATER
(Eb
(ONE EYED ONE HORNED FLYING PURPLE PEOPLE EATER
(F Bb7 Eb Bb7
(SURE LOOKED STRANGE TO ME
Eb
WELL HE CAME DOWN TO EARTH AND HE LIT IN A TREE
Bb7 Eb
I SAID MISTER PURPLE PEOPLE EATER DON'T EAT ME
Eb7 Ab
THEN I HEARD HIM SAY IN A VOICE SO GRUFF
Bb7 Eb Bb7
I WOULDN'T EAT YOU CAUSE YOU'RE TOO TUFF IT WAS A
(RPT
Eb
I SAID MISTER PURPLE PEOPLE EATER WHAT'S YOUR LINE
Bb7 Eb
HE SAID EATIN PURPLE PEOPLE AND IT SURE IS FINE
Eb7 Ab
BUT THAT'S NOT THE REASON THAT I CAME TO LAND
Bb7 Eb Bb7
I WANNA GET A JOB IN A ROCK AND ROLL BAND IT WAS A
(RPT
E
THEN HE SWUNG FROM THE TREE AND HE LIT ON THE GROUND
B7 E
AND HE STARTED TO ROCK A REALLY ROCKIN AROUND
E7 A
IT WAS A CRAZY LITTLE DITTY WITH A SWINGIN TUNE
B7 E B7
SING A BOP BOP A LOOP A LAP A LOOM BAM BOOM IT WAS A
E
ONE EYED ONE HORNED FLYING PURPLE PEOPLE EATER
B7
ONE EYED ONE HORNED FLYING PURPLE PEOPLE EATER
E
ONE EYED ONE HORNED FLYING PRUPLE PEOPLE EATER
F# B7 E C7
SURE LOOKED STRANGE TO ME
F
WELL HE WENT ON HIS WAY AND THEN WHAT DO YOU KNOW
C7 F
I SAW HIM LAST NIGHT ON A T.V. SHOW
F7 Bb
HE WAS BLOWNING IT OUR REALLY KNOCKING 'EM DEAD
C7 F
PLAYING ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC THRU THE HORN IN HIS HEAD
C7
IT WAS A
F
ONE EYED ONE HORNED FLYING PURPLE PEOPLE EATER
C7
ONE EYED ONE HORNED FLYING PURPLE PEOPLE EATER
F
ONE EYED ONE HORNED FLYING PURPLE PEOPLE EATER
G C7 F
SURE LOOKED STRANGE TO ME
(RPT