Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend lyrics

The French are glad 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 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-shaped

These rocks don't lose their shape:

Diamonds are a girl's 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 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 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 baguettes.

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...

Diamonds... Diamonds...

- I don't mean rhinestones -

But diamonds,

Are a girl's best -

Best friends!

• Artist:Marilyn Monroe
• Album:Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Musical, 1949)