Discover the story of the song > Purple People Eater – Screaming Lord Sutch

The lyrics are about a man who sees a strange creature with one long horn and one big eye coming out of the sky. He gets scared and realizes it's a purple people eater. The purple people eater comes down to Earth and the man asks him not to eat him. The creature says he won't because the man is too tough. Then, the man asks the creature what he does, and the creature says he eats purple people and wants to join an R&B band. The creature starts singing and dancing before leaving. Later, the man sees the creature on TV, playing R&B music with a horn in his head.