Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend - Emmylou Harris

(Leo Robin/Jule Styne)

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 
We all lose our charm in the end 
But square cut or pear shape 
These rocks don't lose their shape 

Diamonds are a girl's best friend 
Yeah diamonds are a girl's best friend 
Let's rock 

There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer 
Diamonds are a girl's best friend 
There may come a time when a hardboiled 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 spouses 
And diamonds are a girl's best friend 

Diamonds are a girl's best friend 
Yeah diamonds are a girl's best friend 
Let's rockagain 

Diamonds are a girl's best friend 
Diamonds are a girl's best friend 
Diamonds are a girl's best friend 
Diamonds are a girl's best friend