Rock the Casbah

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 Sheikh, he drove his Cadillac

He went a-cruisin' down the ville

The Muezzin was a-standin'

On the radiator grille

Sharif don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah

Sharif 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

The Bedouin, they brought out

The electric camel drum

The local guitar picker got his guitar-pickin' thumb

As soon as the Sharif had cleared the square

They began to wail

Sharif don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah

Sharif 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 chantin' thing

But as the wind changed direction

And the temple band took five

The crowd caught a whiff

Of that crazy Casbah jive

Sharif don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah

Sharif 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 Sharif was chauffeured outta there

The jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare

As soon as the Sharif was out of their hair

The jet pilots wailed

Sharif don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah

Sharif don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah

(Sharif don't like it) thinks it's not kosher

(Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah)

(Sharif don't like it) fundamentally can't take it

(Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah)

(Sharif don't like it) you know he really hates it

(Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah)

(Sharif don't like it) really, really hates it

(Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah)