Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend

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The French are glad to die for love, 

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They delight in fight - ing duels; 

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But  I  prefer a man who lives 

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And gives expensive jew - els! 


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A kiss on the hand may be quite con - ti - nen - tal, 

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But diamonds are a girl's best friend; 

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A kiss may be grand, but it won't pay the rental 

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On your humble flat,  or help you at the automat. 

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Men grow cold as girls grow old, 

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And we all lose our charms in the end,

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But square-cut or pear shaped,

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These rocks don't lose their shape  --

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Diamonds are a girl's best friend.


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There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer, 

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But diamonds are a girl's best friend;

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There may come a time when a hard-boiled employer 

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Thinks you're awful nice -- but get that ice or else, no dice.

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He's your guy when stocks are high,

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But beware when they start to descend,

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It's then that those lous - es go back to their spou - ses --

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Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

 
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I've heard of affairs that are strictly platonic. 

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But diamonds are a girl's best friend;

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And I think affairs that you must keep liaisonic 

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Are better bets     if little pets get big baguettes.

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Time rolls on and youth is gone, 

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And you can't straighten up when you bend, 

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But stiff back or stiff knees, you stand straight at ... Tiff' - ny's 

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Diamonds ... diamonds ... I don't mean rhine - stones 

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But diamonds       are a girl's best             best friend.