Tono: C
Introducción:
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The French are glad to die for love
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They delight in fight - ing duels
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But I prefer a man who lives
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And gives expensive jewels
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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
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These rocks don't lose their shape
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Diamonds are a girl's best friend
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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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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 baguettes
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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 Tiff'ny's
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Diamonds diamonds I don't mean rhinestones
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But diamonds are a girl's best best friend