Written by natalie (hoo, hoo, hoo) mmm (hoo, hoo, hoo) Growing up wasn't easy for mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) A little in a great big world mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) No one knew her past Some people swore she'd never 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 through an empty shell And all the time she's hell She was (growing up much too fast) up too fast Does anybody where is annie 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 night her cry, annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Hurt and keeps coming again And again, and again, mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Trippin' and runnin' is her mind Tryin' to decide if make it this time She was (growing up) oh, (much too fast) She was (growing up too fast) got to stop 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, 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 goin' (she's runnin') don't you somebody aught to stop you (she's runnin') somebody aught to you (she's runnin') don't you I'm gonna try to stop you