Written by cole (hoo, hoo, hoo) mmm (hoo, hoo, hoo) Growing up wasn't for annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) A little girl in a great big mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) No one knew her past people swore she'd never last She was (growing up too fast) (hoo, hoo, hoo) Just a too fast (hoo, hoo, hoo) had her a mama, no, no mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Rarely heard a kind spoken mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Looking at through an empty shell And all the time she's catching She was (growing up too fast) up much too fast anybody know where is annie mae today Where oh is annie mae All you got to do is into the faces of All the young On the avenue--(young girls!) Oh, well, (hoo, hoo, hoo) ha In the night hear her cry, mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Hurt and keeps coming again And again, and again, mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) and runnin' is blowin' her mind Tryin' to if she'll make it this time She was (growing up) oh, (much too fast) She was (growing up too fast) Somebody got to stop her, oh annie, (ooh) (hoo, hoo, hoo) (where is mae) Annie, (ooh) (hoo, hoo, hoo) (where is mae) Got to her, oh, annie, annie, (ooh) (hoo, hoo, hoo) (where is mae) Annie, runnin', she's runnin' up too fast, oh, oh (she's running') oh, oh up too fast, oh, oh (she's runnin') oh, oh up too fast, oh, hey (she's runnin') annie, mae, yeah (she's running) you goin' annie (she's runnin') you think somebody aught to stop you (she's runnin') aught to stop you (she's runnin') don't you think I'm gonna try to you