Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend-Carol Channing

[ti:Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend (from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes")] [ar:Carol Channing] [al:The Essential Broadway] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend - Carol Channing [00:14.26]The French were bred to die for love [00:18.53] [00:21.59]They delight in fighting duels [00:25.05] [00:27.54]But I prefer a man who lives [00:35.16] [00:36.62]And gives expensive jewels [00:45.89] [00:48.49]A kiss on the hand may be quite continental [00:53.00]But diamonds are a girl's best friend [00:56.12] [00:57.47]A kiss may be grand but it won't pay the rental [01:01.74]On your humble flat or help you at the automat [01:06.36] [01:06.97]Men grow cold as girls grow old [01:11.55]And we all lose our charms in the end [01:15.81] [01:16.97]But square cut or pear shaped [01:19.82]These rocks don't lose their shape [01:22.36]Diamonds are a girl's best friend [01:25.15] [01:33.35]I've heard of affairs that are strictly platonic [01:38.16]But diamonds are a girl's best friend [01:41.63] [01:42.44]And I think affairs that you must keep liaisonic [01:46.85]Are better bets if little pets get big baggettes [01:52.99] [01:53.57]Time rolls on and youth is gone [01:58.07]And you can't straighten up when you bend [02:02.09] [02:03.48]But stiff back or stiff knees [02:06.28]You stand straight at Tiffany's [02:09.00]Diamonds [02:09.61]Are A Girl's Best Friend [02:12.05] [02:13.40]There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer [02:17.51] [02:18.26]But diamonds are a girl's best friend [02:21.37] [02:22.39]There may come a time when a hard boiled employer [02:27.10]Thinks your awful nice [02:28.87] [02:29.78]But get that ice or else no dice [02:34.00] [02:34.58]He's your guy when stocks are high [02:39.31]But beware when the start to descend [02:44.82] [02:45.57]It's then that those louses go back to their spouses [02:50.52] [02:51.06]Diamonds are a girl's best friend