Now the king he 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' standing

On the radiator grille

Sharif don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah

Rock the Casbah

Sharif 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 kettle drum

The local guitar picker

Got his guitar picking thumb

As soon as the sharif

Had cleared the square

They began to wail

Sharif don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah

Rock the Casbah

Sharif don't like it

Rockin' 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

Sharif don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah

Rock the Casbah

Sharif don't like it

Rockin' 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 Sharif

Was chauffeured outta there

The jet pilots tuned to

The cockpit radio blare

As soon as the Sharif

Was outta their hair

The jet pilots wailed

Sharif don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah

Rock the Casbah

Sharif don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah

Rock the Casbah

Sharif don't like it

He thinks it's not kosher

Rockin' the Casbah

Rock the Casbah

Sharif don't like it

Fundamentally can't take it

Rockin' the Casbah

Rock the Casbah

Sharif don't like it

You know he really hates it

Rockin' the Casbah

Rock the Casbah