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Alvin & The Chipmunks – Purple People Eater lyrics
[Voice Over]
Somewhere in the middle of nowhere sits a tiny chipmunk, Simon Seville, waiting for a sign from outer space.

[Simon, shouting; excitedly]
Alvin! Theodore! We've made contact!

[Simon]
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!

[Alvin and Theodore]
One-eyed,
One-horned,
Flyin' purple people eater!

[Simon]
A one-eyed,
One-horned,
Flyin' purple people eater!
Sure looks strange to me.

[Alvin and Theodore]
One eye?

[Simon]
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;

[Alien]
I wouldn't eat you 'cause you're so tough!

[Simon]
It was a one-eyed,
One-horned,
Flyin' purple people eater

[Alvin and Theodore]
One-eyed,
One-horned,
Flyin' purple people eater!

[Simon]
One-eyed,
One-horned,
Flyin' purple people eater!
Sure looks strange to me!

[Alvin and Theodore]
One horn?

[Simon]
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. "

[Alvin, techno]
I wanna,
I wanna,
I-I-I wanna,
Rock 'n roll.

[Simon]
Well bless my soul,
Rock 'n roll,
Flying purple people eater.
Pigeon-toed,
Undergrowed,
Flyin' purple people eater!

[Chipmunks]
We wear short-shorts!

[Simon]
Flyin' purple people eater!
Sure looks strange to me!

[Alvin and Theodore]
Aaah!

[Simon]
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!"

[Chipmunks]
Well, bless my soul,
Rock n' roll,
Flying purple people eater!
Pigeon-toed,
Undergrowed,
Flyin' purple people eater!

[Alien]
I like short-shorts!

[Chipmunks]
Flyin' little people eater!

[Simon]
Sure looks strange to me!

[Alvin and Theodore]
Purple people?

[Simon]
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)

[Simon, background to the beat]
(Yeah! X30)
Purple people eater!
Purple people eater!
Purple, purple, purple people eater!

[Chipmunks]
It was a one-eyed,
One-horned,
Flyin' purple people eater!

One-eyed,
One-horned,
Flyin' purple people eater!
Sure looked strange to me!

[Simon]
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!
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    I think the alien that's purple wants to be a rock n roll singer and maybe eat a few people. Special to me about this is.... my father raced cars back in the 50's to 70's, one of his cars was sort of a lilac color that he bought. All 4 of us kids loved that color so he named it THE PURPLE PEOPLE EATER. The name was grand but I never knew (or can't recall, I am 64 yo now) that he knew about this song and that's where he got the name. He has since passed but need to check this out with my mom. Been 46 years since he passed and this is an awesome find for me. Thanks for letting me say this☺️
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