Now the king told
The boogie men
You have to let
That raga drop
The oil down
The desert way
Has been shaken
To the top
The sheik
He drove his Cadillac
He went a-cruisin'
Down the ville
The muezzin
Was standin'
On the radiator grille
Ah
Shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Shareef 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 cameldrum
The local guitar picker
Got his
Guitar-pickin' thumb
As soon as the shareef
Had cleared the square
They began to wail
Shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Shareef 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
Sha reef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
The king called up
His jet fighters
He said
You'd better earn your pay
Drop your bombs
Between the minarets
Down the Casbah way
As soon as the shareef
Was chauffeured
Outta there
The jet pilots tuned
To the cockpit radio blare
As soon as the shareef
Was outta their hair
The jet pilots wailed
Shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Shareef don't like it
He thinks
It's not kosher
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Rock the Casbah
Fundamentally
Can't take it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Shareef don't like it
You know
He really hates it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah