Clash, The

Now the king told the boogie men
You have to let that raga drop
The oil down the desert way
has been shaken to the top
The sheik he drove his Cadillac
He went a-cruisin down the ville
The muezzin was a-standin
On the Radiator Grille
The Shariff dont like it
Rockin the Casbah, Rock the Casbah
The Shariff dont 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 pickin thumb
As soon as the shariff had cleared the square
They began to wail
The Shariff dont like it
Rockin the Casbah, Rock the Casbah
The Shariff dont like it
Rockin the Casbah, Rock the Casbah
Now over at the temple
Oh they really pack em in
The in crowd say its cool
To dig this chanting thing
But as the wind changed direction
And the temple band took five
The crowd caught a whiff
Of that crazy Casbah jive
The Shariff dont like it
Rockin the Casbah, Rock the Casbah
The Shariff dont like it
Rockin the Casbah, Rock the Casbah
The king called out his jet fighters
He said youd better earn your pay
Drop your bombs between the minarets
Down the Casbah way
As soon as the shariff was chauffeured outta there
The jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare
As soon as the shariff was out of their hair
The jet pilots wailed
The Shariff dont like it
Rockin the Casbah, Rock the Casbah
The Shariff dont like it [he thinks its not kosher]
Rockin the Casbah, Rock the Casbah
The Shariff dont like it [fundamentally he cant take it]
Rockin the Casbah, Rock the Casbah
The Shariff dont like it [you know he really hates it]
Rockin the Casbah, Rock the Casbah
[ Rock The Casbah Lyrics ]