Sparkling Diamonds 2

Nicole Kidman

(Moulin Rouge)



There are usually three places in this song that are almost indecipherable:

1. The first is that she is saying "Feed your (here she purrs) pussycat. Not housy cat. Not helpless cat. (Which, when you think about it, doesn't make a whole lot of sense). This one is very clear - listen, you'll see.

2. The second - is she saying Roz Car, Ross Call, Rascal. The truth is, you can check out a hundred sites and they all say something different. Since they have yet to formally publish the lyrics, no one knows - we're all guessing on this one.

3. It's hard-BOILED employer - just like the original Marilyn Monroe version. (Although there is a web site where a girl guessed on nearly all the lyrics. They're pretty funny - my favorite is her interpretation of "hot poised employer".)

Side note: Marilyn originally sang "The French are BRED to die for love." It was thought this was too offensive, so the line was changed.



The French are glad to die for love

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 feed your (purr) pussycat



Men grow cold as girls grow old

And we all lose our charms in the end

But square cut or pear shape

These rocks don't lose their shape

'Cause diamonds are a girl's best friend



Tiffany!

Cartier!



'Cause we are living in a material world and I am a material girl

Come and get me boys

Black star, (who knows)

Talk to me Harry Zidler, 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

Oh, diamonds are a girl's best

Diamonds are a girl's best

Diamonds are a girl's best friend



Let's make love

Yes! yes!



Harry Zidler: Everything's going so well!



'Cause that's when those louses go back to their spouses

Diamonds are a girl's best friend