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 loose their shape
Diamonds are a girl's best friend

Tiffany's!
Cartier!
Black Starr!
Frost Gorham!
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 baguettes

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 friend

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"Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"
Recorded by Marilyn Monroe
from the 1953 movie
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
Words by Jule Styne and music by Leo Robin

Marilyn Monroe was born June 1, 1926 in the charity ward of the Los Angeles County Hospital. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, had her baptized Norma Jeane Baker, although her birth certificate lists her as Norma Jean Mortensen. In 1946, Norma took the stage name of Marilyn Monroe and legally changed her name in 1956.

Her mother, Gladys Pearl (Monroe) Baker was mentally unstable, and unable to care for her, so Marilyn was placed with foster parents.  During most of her childhood, she was moved from foster home to foster home. She was married in 1942, at the age of 16, to a neighbor's son to prevent another move to a new foster home. They divorced in 1946.

She married Joe DiMaggio in 1954, and their marriage lasted less than a year, but they remained friends throughout her life.  She married Arthur Miller in 1956 and they divorced in January, 1961. In February 1961 she was admitted to a psychiatric clinic, and was unable to check herself out, so she called DiMaggio, who secured her release.

It was rumored that she had become involved with both President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert.

After a successful movie career beginning in 1947 to 1962, Marilyn was found dead at her home in California.  The official cause of her death was classified as a case of "acute barbiturate poisoning", a probable suicide, but many questions remain unanswered about the circumstances of her death and the timeline from when Monroe's body was found.

Her last public appearance was May 19, 1962, when she sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" at a televised birthday party for President John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden.

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April 2008