Diamonds are a girl’s best friend (intro)

 
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 The French were bred to die for love, they delight in fighting duels,
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 but I prefer a man who lives, and gives expensive jewels.
 
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1. A kiss on the hand may be quite continental,
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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, these rocks don't lose their shape,
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 diamonds are a girl's best friend.
 
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2. 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 louses go back to their spouses,
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 diamonds are a girl's best friend
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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3. 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 baggettes.
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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 Tiffany's - 
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 diamonds – diamonds ( I don't mean rhinestones )
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 but Diamonds, are a girl's best – best friends.
 
 (Marilyn Monroe)