PURPLE PEOPLE EATER
ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
SONG LYRICS
Alvin and the Chipmunks is an American animated music group created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., for a novelty record in 1958. The group consists of three singing animated anthropomorphic chipmunks: Alvin, the mischievous troublemaker, who quickly became the star of the group; Simon, the tall, bespectacled intellectual; and Theodore, the chubby, impressionable one. The trio is managed by their human adoptive father, David (Dave) Seville. In reality, "David Seville" was Bagdasarian's stage name, and the Chipmunks themselves are named after the executives of their original record label. The characters became a success, and the singing Chipmunks and their manager were given life in several animated cartoon productions, using redrawn, anthropomorphic chipmunks, and eventually films.
Somewhere in the middle of nowhere
Sits a chipmunk – Simon Seville
Waiting for a sign from outer space
"Alvin...?"
"Theodore, we’ve made contact!"
Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky
It had the one long horn, one big eye
(Ooooh!)
I commenced to shakin', and I said "ooh-eee!"
It looks like a purple people eater to me!
(Chorus:)
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 eye?)
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
"I wouldn't eat you 'cuz you're so tough"
(Chorus)
(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,
Flying purple people eater.
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed,
Flyin' purple people eater
(We wear short shorts)
Flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me!
(Aaaah!)
Then he swung from the tree, and lit on the ground
He started to rock, a'really rockin' around
It was a crazy little ditty with a swingin' tune
(Singin' wa boppa looma ba la bam boom)
Well bless my soul, rock and roll,
Flying 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 you knew.
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!
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!
Well bless my soul, rock and roll,
Flying purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed,
Flyin' purple people eater
One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me!
Yeah, sure looks strange to me!