CLASH - Rock The Casbah lyrics

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Now the king told the boogie men<br>You have to let that raga drop<br>The oil down the desert way<br>Has been shakin' to the top<br>The sheik he drove his cadillac<br>He went a' cruisnin' down the ville<br>The muezzin was a' standing<br>On the radiator grille<br><br>Chorus<br>The shareef don't like it<br>Rockin' the casbah<br>Rock the casbah<br>The shareef don't like it<br>Rockin' the casbah<br>Rock the casbah<br><br>By order of the prophet<br>We ban that boogie sound<br>Degenerate the faithful<br>With that crazy casbah sound<br>But the bedouin they brought out<br>The electric camel drum<br>The local guitar picker<br>Got his guitar picking thumb<br>As soon as the shareef<br>Had cleared the square<br>They began to wail<br><br>Chorus<br><br>Now over at the temple<br>Oh! they really pack 'em in<br>The in crowd say it's cool<br>To dig this chanting thing<br>But as the wind changed direction<br>The temple band took five<br>The crowd caught a wiff<br>Of that crazy casbah jive<br><br>Chorus<br><br>The king called up his jet fighters<br>He said you better earn your pay<br>Drop your bombs between the minarets<br>Down the casbah way<br><br>As soon as the shareef was<br>Chauffeured outta there<br>The jet pilots tuned to<br>The cockpit radio blare<br><br>As soon as the shareef was<br>Outta their hair<br>The jet pilots wailed<br><br>Chorus<br><br>He thinks it's not kosher<br>Fundamentally he can't take it.<br>You know he really hates it.