Rock the Casbah

The Shareef don't like it
The Shareef don't like it
The crowd caught a wiff of that crazy casbah jive
Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
As soon as the Shareef was chauffeured outta there

Now over at the temple, oh, they really pack 'em in
The Shareef don't like it
The local guitar picker got his guitar picking thumb

The King called up his jet fighters, he said, "You better earn your pay"

Fundamentally he can't take it
But as the wind changed direction then the temple band took five
The Sheikh he drove his Cadillac, he went a cruisin' down the Ville
The Shareef don't like it
By order of the Prophet, we ban that boogie sound
The Shareef don't like it
The Shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah

Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
He thinks it's not kosher
The Shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Degenerate the faithful with that crazy casbah sound
The jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare
The Shareef don't like it
The Shareef don't like it

The Muezzin was a' standing on the radiator grille
Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah

As soon as the Shareef had cleared the square they began to wail
The Shareef don't like it

As soon as the Shareef was outta their hair the jet pilots wailed
The Bedouin they brought out, the electric camel drum
The in crowd say it's cool to dig this chanting thing
The Shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Drop your bombs between the minarets down the Casbah way