The French are glad to die for love

"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.

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.

Jule Styne - Leo Robin

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