Written by cole (hoo, hoo, hoo) mmm (hoo, hoo, hoo) Growing up easy for annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) A little girl in a big world mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) No one knew about her Some people swore 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 spoken word mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Looking at life through an shell And all the time catching hell She was (growing up too fast) up much too fast Does anybody know where is annie mae 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 hear 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 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, She's runnin', 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) where you annie (she's runnin') don't you think somebody aught to you (she's runnin') somebody aught to you (she's runnin') don't you think I'm try to stop you