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