Diamonds are a girl's best friend

The french were bred to die for love
They delight in fighting duels
But I prefer a man who lives
and gives expensive jewels.

A kiss on the hand may be
quite continental
but diamonds are a girl's best friend.
A kiss may be grand but it
won't pay the rental
on your humble flat, or help
you at the automat.

Men grow cold as girls grow old
and we all lose our charms in the end.
But quare-cut or pear-shaped
there rocks don't lose their shape
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

...Tiffany's...Cartier...
Talk to me, Harry
Winston, tell me all about it !

There may come a time when
a lass need a lawyer
but diamonds are a girl's best friend.
There may come a time when
a hard-boiled employer
thinks you're awful nice
but get that ice or else no dice.
He's your guy when stocks are high
but beware when when they start to descend,
it's then that those louses go
back to their spouses

Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

I've heard of affairs that are strictly platonic
but diamonds are a girl's best friend,
And I think affairs that you must keep
liaisonic
are better bets if little pets get big bag gifts.
Time rolls on and youth is gone
and you can't straighten up
when you bend
but stiff back or stiff knees
you stand straight at Tiffany's

Diamonds...Diamonds...
I don't mean rock salt
but Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friends

Leo Robin/Jules Styne

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