Written by natalie (hoo, hoo, hoo) mmm (hoo, hoo, hoo) up wasn't 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 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 life through an empty And all the time she's hell She was (growing up too fast) up much too fast Does anybody know 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 hear her cry, mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Hurt and keeps coming again And again, and again, mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Trippin' and is blowin' her mind to decide if she'll make it this time 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', 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 think aught to stop you (she's runnin') aught to stop you (she's runnin') don't you think I'm gonna try to you