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-cruisin' down the ville The muezzin was a-standing On the radiator grille Shareef don't like it Rock the Casbah, rock the Casbah Shareef don't like it Rock the Casbah, Rock the Casbah By order of the prophet We ban that boogie sound Degenerate the faithful With that craazy 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 Shareef don't like it Rock the Casbah, rock the Casbah Shareef don't like it Rock the Casbah, Rock the Casbah 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 Then the temple band took five The crowd caught a wiff Of that crazy Casbah jive Shareef don't like it Rock the Casbah, rock the Casbah Shareef don't like it Rock the Casbah, Rock the Casbah 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 Shareef don't like it Rock the Casbah, rock the Casbah Shareef don't like it Rock the Casbah, Rock the Casbah Shareef don't like it, he thinks it's not kosher Rock the Casbah, rock the Casbah Shareef don't like it, fundementally can't take it Rock the Casbah, Rock the Casbah Shareef don't like it, you know he really hates it Rock the Casbah, rock the Casbah Shareef don't like it, really, really hates it