Rock The Casbah

作詞：J. Strummer、M. Jones、N.B. Headon、P. Simonon Now the king told the boogie men, you have to let that raga drop The oil down the desert way, has been shakin' to the top The Sheikh, he drove his Cadillac, he went a cruisin' down the ville The Muezzin was a standing, on the radiator grill Sharif don't like it Rockin' the Casbah, Rock the Casbah Sharif don't like it Rockin' the Casbah, Rock the Casbah By order of the prophet, we banned 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 picking thumb As soon as the Sharif, had cleared the square They began to wail Sharif don't like it Rockin' the Casbah, Rock the Casbah Sharif don't like it Rockin' the Casbah, Rock the Casbah Now over at the temple, oh, they really packed '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 Sharif don't like it Rockin' the Casbah, Rock the Casbah Sharif 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 Sharif, was chauffeured outta there The jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare As soon as the Sharif, was outta their hair, the jet pilots wailed Sharif don't like it Rockin' the Casbah, Rock the Casbah Sharif don't like it Rockin' the Casbah, Rock the Casbah Sharif don't like it He thinks it's not kosher Rockin' the Casbah, Rock the Casbah Sharif don't like it Fundamentally can't take it Rockin' the Casbah, Rock the Casbah Sharif don't like it You know he really hates it Rockin' the Casbah, Rock the Casbah Sharif don't like it Really, really hates it Rockin' the Casbah, Rock the Casbah