Couplets : ... Refrains : ... When When will the icicle melt And when When will the picture show end I should not have read the paper today 'Cause a child child he was taken away There's a place for the baby that died And there's time for the mother who cried And she will hold him in her arm sometime 'Cause nine months is too long How could you hurt a child Now does this make you satisfied I don't know what's happening to people today When a child he was taken away There's a place for the baby that died And there's time for the mother who cried And she will hold him in her arm sometime 'Cause nine months is too long There's a place for the baby that died And there's time for the mother who cried And you will hold him in your arms sometime 'Cause nine months is too long