Rock The Casbah (live) Lyrics - The Clash

Now the King told the boogie man 

You have to let that raga drop 

The oil down the desert way 

Has been shakin' 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 

Rockin' the Casbah 

Sharif don't like it 

Rockin' the Casbah 

Rockin' the Casbah 

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By order of the Prophet 

We ban that boogie sound 

Degenerate the faithful 

With that crazy Casbah sound 

But Bedouins they brought out 

The electric camel 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 

Rockin' the Casbah 

Sharif don't like it 

Rockin' the Casbah 

Rockin' the Casbah 

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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 

Then the temple band took fire 

The crowd caught a whiff 

Of that crazy Casbah jive 

Sharif don't like it 

Rockin' the Casbah 

Rockin' the Casbah 

Sharif don't like it 

Rockin' the Casbah 

Rockin' 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 heir 

The jet pilots wailed 

Sharif don't like it 

Rockin' the Casbah 

Rockin' the Casbah 

Sharif don't like it 

Rockin' the Casbah 

Rockin' the Casbah 

Sharif don't like it 

He thinks it's not kosher 

Rockin' the Casbah 

Rockin' the Casbah 

Sharif don't like it 

Fundamentally he can't take it 

Rockin' the Casbah 

Rockin' the Casbah 

Sharif don't like it 

You know he really hates it 

Rockin' the Casbah 

Rockin' the Casbah 

Sharif don't like it