Lena Horne — Diamonds Are a Girls 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 grow old And we all lose our charm in the end But square cut or pear shape These rocks don't lose their shapе Diamonds are a girl's best friend Thеre 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 hardboiled 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 Romance is divine And I'm not one to knock it Oh but diamonds are a girl's best friend Romance is divine Yeah, but where can you hock it? When the flame is gone You just try and pawn a tired Don Juan! 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 Tiffaney's Diamonds are a girl's best friend