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