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Sheb Wooley
Purple People Eater

Song Information
Song Artist(s):Sheb Wooley
Song Title:Purple People Eater
Year:1958

Album Information
Album:Power Trakks 014
Track:18

Track Classification
Genre:Rock 1950s
MusicBrainz Genre:Rock/Pop

Audio
20 sec. sample

Lyrics
Original Source:LyricWiki
Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky
It had the one long horn, one big eye
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 he 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 cuz 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 and roll band

Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater
(We wear short shorts)
Flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me

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
Sing a boop boop aboopa lopa lum bam boom

Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' 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 do ya know
I saw him last night on a TV show
He was blowing it out, a'really knockin' em dead
Playin' rock and roll music through the horn in his head

Track Information
Published Time:2:13
Measured Time:2:12
Traktor Peak dB:-0.132
Traktor Perceived dB:-0.111

Mix Information
Mixmeister BPM:158.6
Traktor BPM: 158.9 (100.0%)
Mixmeister Key:D m

External Cross-Referencing
MusicBrainz PUID:51b9589b-8fb2-9b27-4fe5-6ee6bb47d810

MusicBrainz MusicDNS
Song Artist:Sheb Wooley
Song Title:The Purple People Eater
First Release Year:1958

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