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 shakin' to the top 

The sheik he drove his Cadillac 

He went a' cruisnin' 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 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 



CHORUS 



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 



CHORUS 



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 



CHORUS 



He thinks it's not kosher 

Fundamentally he can't take it. 

You know he really hates it.