Now the king told
the boogie man
You have to let
that raga drop
The oil down
the desert way
Has been shakin'
to the top
The sheik he drove
his Cadillac
He went a-cruisin'
down the ville
The muezzin was
a' standing
On the radiator grille
Sharia don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Sharia don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
By order of the prophet
We ban that boogie sound
Degenerate the faithful
With that crazy
Casbah sound
But the Bedouin they
brought out, the electric
kettel drum. The local
guitar picker got his
guitar picking thumb
As soon as the Sharia
Had cleared the square
They began to wail
Sharia don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Sharia don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Now over at the temple
Oh, They really pack 'em in
The in-crowd say it's cool
to dig this
chanting thing
But as the wind
changed direction
And the temple band
took five
The crowd caught a whiff
of that crazy Casbah jive
Sharia don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Sharia don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
The king called up
his jet fighters
He said you better
earn your pay
Drop your bombs
between the minarets
Down the Casbah way
As soon as the Sharia was
chauffeured outta there
the jet pilots tuned to
the cockpit radio blare
As soon as the Sharia
was outta their hair
the jet pilots wailed
Sharia don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Sharia don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Sharia don't like it
He thinks
it's not kosher
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Sharia don't like it
Fundamentally
he can't take it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Sharia don't like it
You know he
really hates it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Sharia don't like it
Really really
hates it