Rock the Casbah lyrics

• Copyright: Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Joe Strummer

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  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 Sheikh 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
  Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
  Shareef 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 pickin' thumb
  As soon as the Shareef
  Cleared the square
  They began to wail

  Shareef don't like it
  Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
  Shareef 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
  And the temple band took five
  The crowd caught a whiff
  Of that crazy Casbah jive

  Shareef don't like it
  Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
  Shareef 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 Shareef was
  Chauffeured outta there
  The jet pilots tuned to
  The cockpit radio blare
  As soon as the Shareef was
  Out of their hair
  The jet pilots wailed

  Shareef don't like it
  Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah
  Shareef don't like it
  Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah

  (Shareef don't like it)
  Thinks it’s not kosher
  (Rockin' the Casbah
  Rock the Casbah)
  (Shareef don't like it)
  Fundamentally can’t take it
  (Rockin' the Casbah
  Rock the Casbah)
  (Shareef don't like it)
  You know he really hates it
  (Rockin' the Casbah
  Rock the Casbah)
  (Shareef don't like it)
  Really, really hates it

• Who is the author of the song Rock the Casbah?
  The song Rock the Casbah was written by Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Joe Strummer.

• Who sings the song Rock the Casbah?
  The song Rock the Casbah is performed by The Clash.