Rock the Casbah (Live at Shea Stadium)

[Joe Strummer]

"Rock the Casbah, Rock the Casbah"

[Verse 1]

Now the king told the boogie men

You let that raga drop

The oil down the desert way

Shaken to the top

The Sheikh he drove his Cadillac

Cruisin' down the ville

Muezzin was a'standing

On radiator grille

[Chorus]

Shareef don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah,(rock the Casbah)

Shareef don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah, (rock the Casbah)

[Verse 2]

By order of the prophet

We ban that boogie sound

Degenerate the faithful

Crazy Casbah sound

Bedouin they brought out

Electric camel drum

Local guitar picker

Got his guitar pickin' thumb

Soon as the Shareef

Cleared the square

They began to wail

[Chorus]

Shareef don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah, (rock the Casbah)

Shareef don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah, (rock the Casbah)

[Verse 3]

By or... at the temple, yoooo!

Oh! They really pack 'em in now

The in crowd say it's cool boy

Dig this chanting thing

But as the wind changed direction

And the temple band took five

Crowd caught a whiff

Of that crazy Casbah jive

[Chorus]

Shareef don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah

Shareef don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah

[Verse 4]

The king called up his jet fighters

"You better earn your pay

Drop your bombs between the minarets

Down the Casbah way"

As soon as the Shareef

Chauffeured outta there

The jet pilots tuned

Cockpit radio blare

As soon as the Shareef was

Quit the square

They begin to wail

[Chorus]

Shareef don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah

Shareef don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah, rock the Casbah

[Outro]

(Shareef don't like it)

He hates that!

(Rockin' the Casbah

Rock the Casbah)

(Shareef don't like it)

He hates that!

(Rockin' the Casbah

Rock the Casbah)