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 about her past Some people she'd never last She was (growing up too fast) (hoo, hoo, hoo) Just a little too (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 an empty shell And all the she's catching hell 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 look into the 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 keeps coming again And again, and again, mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Trippin' and is blowin' her mind Tryin' to decide if she'll 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') don't you think aught to stop you (she's runnin') somebody to stop you (she's runnin') you think I'm gonna try to stop you