Judy Garland - Purple People Eater lyrics

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(Slowly, almost spoken)

In these days of flying saucers and Sputniks

You expect almost anything to happen

The Thing, The Fly, The Mole People, The Gamma People

The Indestructible Fossil Man, The Amazing Colossal Man

The Body Snatchers, The High Incredible Brain

Scratchers

I was a teenage werewolf, I was a 50 foot woman!

And other unidentifiable flying objects

I dismissed them all as being science fiction

They belonged on a library shelf

But here I am facing contradiction

'Cause it happened to me myself

The sky turned red, and then it turned green

I couldn't catch my breath

And then there was a roar of thunder

That scared me half to death

Then I saw it, yeah, I saw it, yes

(Sung fast, upbeat)

I saw a thing a-coming out of the sky

It had one long horn and one big eye

I commenced shaking and I said, "ooo-ee!"

"It looks like a purple people eater to me!"

We had one live, one horned flying purple people eater

One eyed, one horned flying purple people eater

One eyed, one horned flying purple people eater

Sure looks strange to me!

Well he came down to Earth and he lit in a tree

I said, "Mister Purple People Eater, don't eat me!"

He looked at me, and then he said

"I wouldn't eat you 'cause you is red"

One eyed flying purple people eater

One horned flying purple people eater

One eyed, one horned flying purple people eater

Sure looks strange to me!

I said, "Mister Purple People Eater, what's your line?"

He said, "eating 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 whisper so, rock 'n' roll, flying purple people

Eater

Pigeon toed, undergrowed, flying purple people eater

He wears short shorts, flying purple people eater

Sure looks strange to me!

Well, he went on his way, and then whadda'ya know?

I saw him last night on the Sullivan show

Blowing it out, really knocking 'em dead

Blowing purple music through the horn in his head

Well bless my soul! Rock 'n' roll! Flying purple people

Eater!

Pigeon toed, undergrowed, flying purple people eater

So all you blue people, all you red people, better

Watch what you do

Or else the purple people eaters might eat you