Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

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 you 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 shaped

Those rocks don't lose their shape

Diamonds are a girl's best friend

The French are glad to die for love

They delight in fighting duels

But I prefer a man who lives

And gives expensive jewels

Romance is divine

And I'm not one to knock it

But diamonds are a girl's best friend

Romance is divine

Yeah, but where can you hock it?

When the flame is gone

Just try and pawn an old Don Juan

Some men buy and some just sigh

That to make you their bride they intend

But buyers or sighers, they're all awful liars

Diamonds are a girl's best friend

Diamonds are a girl's best friend

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

(Just remember, cousin, they're cheaper by the dozen)

Diamonds are a girl's best friend