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
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    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.