Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend-Ethel Merman

[00:03.65]The French are glad to die for love [00:08.24]They delight in fighting duels [00:13.98]But I prefer a man who lives [00:17.47]And gives [00:19.86]Expensive jewels [00:24.80]A kiss on the hand may be quite Continental [00:29.68]But diamonds are a girl's best friend [00:35.01]A kiss may be grand [00:38.14]But it won't pay the rental [00:39.92]On your humble flat [00:42.37]Or help you at the automat [00:45.65]Men grow cold [00:47.74]As girls grow old [00:50.32]And we all lose our charms in the end [00:55.56]But square-cut or pear-shaped [00:58.42]These rocks don't lose their shape [01:01.16]Diamonds are a girl's best friend [01:07.68]Tiffany's. . . Cartier. . . [01:16.50]Black frost. . . [01:18.32]Pearl 'bossed. . . [01:19.11]Talk to me, Harry Winston, tell me all about it! [01:26.72]There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer [01:31.88]But diamonds are a girl's best friend [01:36.92]There may come a time when a hard-boiled employer [01:42.03]Thinks you're awful nice [01:44.75]But get that ice [01:46.21]Or else no dice [01:48.40]He's your guy when stocks are high [01:52.36]But beware when they start to descend [01:58.21]Cos that's when those louses [02:00.33]Go back to their spouses [02:03.40]Diamonds are a girl's best friend [02:16.11]I've heard of affairs which are strictly Platonic [02:21.09]But diamonds are a girl's best friend [02:26.05]And I think affairs that you [02:29.32]Must keep Masonic [02:31.47]Are better bets [02:33.87]If little pets get big baguettes [02:37.53]Time rolls on, and youth is gone [02:41.66]And you can't straighten up when you bend [02:46.75]But stiff back, or stiff knees [02:49.36]You stand straight at Tiffany's [02:57.85]Diamonds, diamonds. . . [03:09.11]I don't mean rhinestones [03:13.73]Diamonds. . . [03:17.31]Are a girl's best. . . best friend