Written by natalie (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 about her past Some people swore she'd never 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 spoken word mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Looking at life through an shell And all the time catching hell She was (growing up much too fast) up too fast Does anybody know where is mae today oh where 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 hear her cry, annie 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 decide if she'll make it this She was (growing up) oh, (much too fast) She was (growing up too fast) Somebody got to her, oh annie, 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, annie mae, (she's running) where you goin' (she's runnin') don't you think somebody to stop you (she's runnin') aught to stop you (she's runnin') you think I'm gonna try to stop you