Rock the Casbah

Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
By order of the Prophet, we ban that boogie sound
Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
The King called up his jet fighters, he said, "You better earn your pay"
The Shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah

Drop your bombs between the minarets down the Casbah way
Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
The crowd caught a wiff of that crazy casbah jive
The Shareef don't like it
The Shareef don't like it
The Shareef don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
The Shareef don't like it
But as the wind changed direction then the temple band took five
The jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare
Now over at the temple, oh, they really pack 'em in
As soon as the Shareef had cleared the square they began to wail
The Bedouin they brought out, the electric camel drum

Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
The local guitar picker got his guitar picking thumb
The Shareef don't like it
He thinks it's not kosher
As soon as the Shareef was chauffeured outta there
The Shareef don't like it
Degenerate the faithful with that crazy casbah sound
The Muezzin was a' standing on the radiator grille
As soon as the Shareef was outta their hair the jet pilots wailed
The Shareef don't like it
The Shareef don't like it

Fundamentally he can't take it
The Sheikh he drove his Cadillac, he went a cruisin' down the Ville
The Shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
The Shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah

The in crowd say it's cool to dig this chanting thing