G A# When When will the icicle melt, G A# And when When will the picture show end G A# I should not have read the paper today G A# ʼCause a child, child he was taken away Ab Cm Thereʼs a place for the baby that died Ab Cm And thereʼs time for the mother who cried Ab Cm And she will hold him in her arm sometim Ab G ʼCause nine months is too long G A# How could you hurt a child G A# Now does this make you satisfied G A# I donʼt know whatʼs happening to people today G A# When a child, he was taken away Ab Cm Thereʼs a place for the baby that died Ab Cm And thereʼs time for the mother who cried Ab Cm And she will hold him in her arm sometim Ab G ʼCause nine months is too long Ab Cm Thereʼs a place for the baby that died Ab Cm And thereʼs time for the mother who cried Ab Cm And she will hold him in her arm sometim Ab G ʼCause nine months is too long