(Leo Robin/Jules
Styne)
The French are glad to die for love
They delighted 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 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 square cut or pear shape
these rocks don't lose their shape
diamonds are a girls best friend
Tiffany's
Cartier
Black, Starr, Frost Gorham
Talk to me Harry Winston
tell me all about it
There may come a time when a
lass needs a lawyer but
diamonds are a girls 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 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 simply platonic,
But diamonds are a girl's best friend.
And I think affairs that you must keep
Are better bets, if little bets get big bagettes.
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 need rinestones.
But diamonds are a girl's best...
Best friend !