Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend

[LORELEI, spoken]
The French are glad to die for love
They delight in fighting duels

[LORELEI]
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 friends
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 grow old
And we all lose our charms in the end
But square cut or pear-shape
Diamonds are a girl's best friends

Romance is divine
And I'm not one to knock it
But diamonds are a girl's best friend
Romance is divine, yes
But where you can hock it
When the flame is gone
Just try and pawn a tired Don Juan

Some men buy and some just sigh
That to make you their bride they intend
But buyers or sighers
They're such goddamn liars
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 go 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