Rock the Casbah

Now the king told the boogie man "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 a-standing On the radiator grille Shareef don't like it Rock the Casbah, rock the Casbah Shareef don't like it Rock the Casbah, rock the Casbah By order of the prophet (By order of the prophet) We ban that boogie sound (Ban the boogie sound) Degenerate the faithful (Degenerate the faithful) With that crazy Casbah sound But the Bedouin they brought out the electric camel drum The local guitar picker got his guitar-picking thumb As soon as the Shareef had cleared the square They began to wail Shareef don't like it Rock the Casbah, rock the Casbah Shareef don't like it Rock 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 The temple band took five The crowd caught a wiff Of that crazy Casbah jive Shareef don't like it Rock the Casbah, rock the Casbah Shareef don't like it Rock 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 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 (Like it) Rock the Casbah, rock the Casbah Shareef don't like it Rock the Casbah, rock the Casbah Shareef don't like it (Like it, like it) Rock the Casbah, rock the Casbah Shareef don't like it (Like it) Ooh rock the Casbah, Rock the Casbah