Electric Lady Studios - Rock the Casbah lyrics

[Verse 1] 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 Sheik he drove his Cadillac He went a' cruisin' down the ville The muezzin was a'standing On the radiator grill [Chorus] Sharif don't like it Rockin' the Casbah Rock the Casbah Sharif don't like it Rockin' the Casbah Rock the Casbah [Verse 2] 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 camel drum The local guitar picker Got his guitar pickin' thumb As soon as the Sharif Cleared the square They began to wail [Chorus] Sharif don't like it Rockin' the Casbah Rock the Casbah Sharif don't like it Rockin' the Casbah Rock the Casbah [Verse 3] 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 [Chorus] Sharif don't like it Rockin' the Casbah Rock the Casbah Sharif don't like it Rockin' the Casbah Rock the Casbah [Verse 4] 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 co*kpit radio blare As soon as the Sharif was Out of their hair The jet pilots wailed [Chorus] Sharif don't like it Rockin' the Casbah Rock the Casbah Sharif don't like it Rockin' the Casbah Rock the Casbah Thinks it's not kosher Fundamentally he can't take it You know he really hates it Really, really hates it