| 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 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 CHORUS The shareef don't like it, Rockin' the casbah Rock the casbah The 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 the brought out, The electric camel drum The local guitar picker, Got his guitar pickin' thumb As soon as the shareef, Had cleared the square They began to wail CHORUS Now over at the temple, Oh! They really pack them 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 CHORUS The king called up his jet fighters, He said you better earn your pay Drop your bomb between the minarets, Down the Casbah way As soon as the shareef was, Chauffered outta there The jet pilots tuned to, The cockpit radio blare As soon as the shareef was, Outta thier hair The jet pilots wailed CHORUS He thinks it's not kosher, Fundamentally he can't take it You know he really hates it |