Now the king told the boogie man
You have to let that raga drop
The oil down the desertway
Has been shakin' to the top
The sheik he drove his Cadillac
He went a cruisin' down the ville
The muezzin was a standing
On the radiator grille
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
Whit that crazy casbah sound
But the beduin they brought out
The electric cameldrum
The local guitar picker
Got his guitar picking thumb
As soon as the shareef had cleared the square
They began to wail
Nowover at the temple - oh!
They really pack 'em in
They in-crowd says it's cool
To dig this chanting thing
But as the chanting direction
And the temple band took five
The crowd took a wiff
Of that crazy casbah jive
The king called up his jet fighters
He said you better earn your pay
Drop your bombs between 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
The shareef don't like it
Rockin' the casbah rock the casbah
He thinks it's not kosher
Fundamentally he can't take it
You know he really hates it.
You have to let that raga drop
The oil down the desertway
Has been shakin' to the top
The sheik he drove his Cadillac
He went a cruisin' down the ville
The muezzin was a standing
On the radiator grille
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
Whit that crazy casbah sound
But the beduin they brought out
The electric cameldrum
The local guitar picker
Got his guitar picking thumb
As soon as the shareef had cleared the square
They began to wail
Nowover at the temple - oh!
They really pack 'em in
They in-crowd says it's cool
To dig this chanting thing
But as the chanting direction
And the temple band took five
The crowd took a wiff
Of that crazy casbah jive
The king called up his jet fighters
He said you better earn your pay
Drop your bombs between 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
The shareef don't like it
Rockin' the casbah rock the casbah
He thinks it's not kosher
Fundamentally he can't take it
You know he really hates it.
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