rock the casbah rock the casbah now the king told the boogie men you let that raga drop the oil down the desert way shaken to the top the sheikh he drove his cadillac cruisin down the ville muezzin was a standing on radiator grille shareef don t like it rockin the casbah shareef don t like it rockin the casbah by order of the prophet we ban that boogie sound degenerate the faithful crazy casbah sound bedouin they brought out electric camel drum local guitar picker got his guitar pickin thumb soon as the shareef cleared the square they began to wail shareef don t like it rockin the casbah shareef don t like it rockin the casbah by or at the temple yoooo oh they really pack em in now the in crowd say it s cool boy dig this chanting thing but as the wind changed direction and the temple band took five crowd caught a whiff of that crazy casbah jive  shareef 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 you better earn your pay drop your bombs between the minarets down the casbah way as soon as the shareef chauffeured outta there the jet pilots tuned cockpit radio blare as soon as the shareef was quit the square they begin to wail shareef don t like it rockin the casbah rock the casbah shareef don t like it rockin the casbah rock the casbah he hates that he hates that 