Rock The Casbah Lyrics - Something For Kate

Now the king told the boogie men 

You have to let that raga drop 

The oil down the desert way 

Has been shaking to the top 

The sheik he drove his Cadillac 

He went a-cruising down the ville 

The muezzin was a-standing 

On the radiator grille 

Sharif don't like it 

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Sharif don't like it 

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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 sheriff 

Had cleared the square 

They began to wail 

Sharif don't like it 

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Sharif don't like it 

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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 

The temple band took five 

The crowd caught a whiff 

Of that crazy Casbah jive 

Sharif don't like it 

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Sharif don't like it 

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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 Sharif was 

Chauffeured outta there 

The jet pilots tuned to 

The cockpit radio blare 

As soon as Sharif was 

Outta their hair 

The jet pilots wailed 

Sharif don't like it 

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Sharif don't like it 

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Sharif don't like it 

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(He thinks it's not kosher) 

Rock the Casbah 

Sharif don't like it 

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(Fundamentally he can't take it) 

Rock the Casbah 

Sharif don't like it 

Rock the Casbah 

(You know he really hates it) 

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