Written by natalie (hoo, hoo, hoo) mmm (hoo, hoo, hoo) Growing up easy for annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) A little girl in a great big mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) No one knew about her Some 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 word mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Looking at life through an empty And all the time she's catching She was (growing up much too fast) up much too Does anybody where is annie mae today Where oh where is 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 her cry, annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Hurt and pain keeps 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, She's runnin', she's 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, annie mae, (she's running) where you annie (she's runnin') don't you somebody aught to stop you (she's runnin') somebody aught to you (she's runnin') don't you think I'm gonna try to you