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 cruising down the ville
The Muezzin was a-standing on the radiator grille, ah
Sharif don't like it
Rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Sharif don't like it
Rocking 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 kettle drum
The local guitar picker got his guitar picking thumb
As soon as the Sharif cleared the square
They began to wail
Sharif don't like it
Rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Sharif don't like it
Rocking 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
Sharif don't like it
Rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Sharif don't like it
Rocking 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 thier hair
The jet pilots wailed
Sharif don't like it
Rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Sharif don't like it
Rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Sharif don't like it
It's not kosher
Rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Sharif don't like-like--
Fundamentally can't take it
Rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Sharif don't like it
Know he really hates it
Rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah
