The French were bred to die for love
they delight in fighting duels
but I prefer a man who lives
and gives expensive jewels.
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-shaped
these rocks don't lose their shape
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
...Tiffany's ... Cartier...
Talk to me, Harry, Winston,tell me all about it!
There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer
but 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
Diamonds 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 liaisonic
are better bets if little pets get big baggettes.
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...
- I don't mean rhinestones -
but Diamonds, Are A Girl's Best Friends
I'll be in my room alone
every post meridian
and I'll read my diary
and that book by Mister Gideon.
Bye, bye, baby
remember you're my baby
when they give you the eye,
and just to show that I care
I will write and declare
that I'm on the loose
but I'm still on the square.
I've been lonely
but even though I'm lonely
there'll be no other guy.
Though I'll be gone for a while
I know that I'll be smiling
with my baby by and by
with my baby by and by.
I'll be gloomy
but send that rainbow to me
then my shadows will fly.
Though you'll be gone fo a while
I know that I'll be smiling
with my baby by and by.
A fine romance, my good fellow,
You take romance, I'll take jello,
You're calmer than the seals in the Artic Ocean
At least they flap their fins to express emotion,
A fine romance with no quarrels,
with no insults, and all morals,
I've never mussed the crease in your blue serge pants,
I never get the chance, this is a fine romance!
A fine romance, with no kisses,
A find romance, my friend this is,
To lack half the thrills that a healthy crime has,
We don't have half the thrills that the march of time has.
A fine romance, with no clinches,
A fine romance, with no flinches,
You're just as hard to land as the Ille de France,
I haven't got a chance,
My heart isn't made of plastic, you're too sarcastic,
this is a fine romance!
If you listen, you can hear it call, Wailaree! (Wailaree!)
There is a river called the River of No Return
Sometimes it's peaceful, and sometimes wild and free.
Love is a traveler on the River of No Return.
Swept on forever to be lost in the stormy sea. (Wailaree!)
I can hear the river call, No return, no return, No return, no return. (Wailaree!)
I can hear my lover call, "Come to me." (No return, no return)
I lost my love on the river and forever my heart will yearn.
Gone, gone forever down the River of No Return. Wailaree! (Wailaree!) Wailaree!
You never return to me. (No return, no return)
I've looked around the country and I've seen it all,
And what I want, I'm ready to name!
It's big and strong and handsome and it's 6-feet tall,
I'm gonna file my claim!
I struck a real bonanza and he's rough and rash,
but what he's got, I'm ready to tame,
He's worth a fancy fortune but it's not in cash,
I'm gonna file my claim!
I got the fever, ooohhh the fever, but not for gold in the ground!
I want to tackle to something vital that I can throw my fences around
A gal should never hustle with a pick and pan,
To dig for gold, that isn't her game.
I'll find the man who found it then I'll get that man!
Who's gonna help me file my claim!
I gotta file my claim!
Ooooooh Ooooohhhhhh, lookin' for nuggets?
Ooooohhhhh, mush!
A - B - C - D , Who's gonna file me under love, love!
Not a man, not a single man!
There ain't a man alive who wouldn't trade his gold,
For what it takes to stay in the game.
So have fun and spend it before you get too old,
Who's gonna help me, Oooohhhh, help me, HELP!
Help me! Who's gonna help me file my claim, tonight?
While tearing off a game of golf,
I may make a play for the caddy,
But when I do, I don't follow through,
cause my heart belongs to Daddy!
If I invite a boy some night,
to dine on my fine food and haddie,
I just adore, his asking for more,
but my heart belongs to Daddy!
Yes, my heart belongs to Daddy,
So I simply couldn't be bad!
Yes, my heart belongs to Daddy,
Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, DAAAAD
So I want to warn you laddie,
Though I know that you're perfectly swell,
That my heart belongs to Daddy,
Cause my Daddy, he treats it so well.
While tearing off a game of golf,
I may make a play for the caddy,
But when I do, I don't follow through,
cause my heart belongs to Daddy!
If I invite a boy some night,
To cook up some hot enchilada,
Though Spanish rich is all very nice,
my heart belongs to Daddy.
Yes, my heart belongs to Daddy,
So I simply couldn't be bad!
Yes, my heart belongs to Daddy,
Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, DAAAAD
So I want to warn you laddie,
Though I know that you're perfectly swell,
That my heart belongs to Daddy,
Cause my Daddy, he treats it so well.
