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 knew her past people swore 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 spoken word mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Looking at life an empty shell And all the time she's hell She was (growing up too fast) up much too fast Does anybody know 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) and pain keeps coming again And again, and again, mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) and runnin' is blowin' 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', 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) you goin' annie (she's runnin') don't you think somebody to stop you (she's runnin') somebody to stop you (she's runnin') don't you I'm gonna try to stop you