Carol Channing, Marilyn Monroe, Madonna,
Jule Styne
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 get old, and we all lose our charms in the end.
But square-cut or pear-shaped, These rocks won’t lose their shape.
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.
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 masonic
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 backed or stiff kneed, you stand straight at Tiffany’s.
Diamonds ... diamonds, I don’t mean rhinestones,
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.
