(leo robin/jule styne)

A kiss on the hand may be quite continental
But diamonds are a girls best friend
A kiss may be grand but it wont pay the rental
On your humble flat or help you at the automat

Men grow cold as girls grow old
We all lose our charm in the end
But square cut or pear shape
These rocks dont lose their shape

Diamonds are a girls best friend
Yeah diamonds are a girls best friend
Lets rock

There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer
Diamonds are a girls best friend
There may come a time when a hardboiled employer
Thinks youre awful nice, but get that ice or else no dice

Hes your guy when stocks are high
But beware when they start to descend
Its then that those spouses
And diamonds are a girls best friend

Diamonds are a girls best friend
Yeah diamonds are a girls best friend
Lets rock again

Diamonds are a girls best friend
Diamonds are a girls best friend
Diamonds are a girls best friend
Diamonds are a girls best friend