Not yet born, but the mother's thorns Kill my baby before it's born Will kill it before it learns to cry We're sorry, but it has to die Can't you see what they'll think of me When they find that I've learned what love can be Yes, I've loved and I've slept and I've wept and I've cried I have to see my baby die Die, baby, die, die, die Tears shall not flow from its virgin eyes Its ears shall not hear life's tender sighs Nor will it feel the earth or the sky It's time to let my baby die I will know the tiny fetus, it doesn't know my name So how could I miss it, even though from me it came If the law says it's right to take all these lives Then our conscience cannot bother us, we'll let our baby die Die, baby, die, die, die We don't think it will be happy, we don't really see how So we'll pretend that we're a god and kill the baby now Now that we know it's right to do this, we cannot turn away We'll commit our souls to sanctity, then hear the mother say What we'll hear the mother say will come from where no man has been From so deep within her body that only God has seen The words are slowly rising above the mournful sky I can see them glowing brightly Please don't let my baby die Please don't let my baby die