Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

We sang this one when we were young and thought that life held nothing but fun and diamonds and men. And when Frumie had a fabulous new evening gown. She really strutted her stuff with her big "Rhinestones" line


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 charms in the end
But square cut or pear shape
These rocks don't lose their shape
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer
Then 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
Diamnonds 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
Would be better bets
If little pets
Got big baguettes
   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 Tiffany's
    Diamonds (diamonds)
    Diamonds (diamonds)
    I don't mean rhinestones!
Diamonds are a girl's best friend!