Written by cole (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 knew about her Some people swore she'd last She was (growing up too fast) (hoo, hoo, hoo) Just a too fast (hoo, hoo, hoo) had her a mama, no, no mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Rarely a kind spoken word mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Looking at life an empty shell And all the she's catching hell She was (growing up much too fast) up too fast Does anybody know is annie mae today Where oh is annie mae All you got to do is look 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 Tryin' to decide if she'll 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) you goin' annie (she's runnin') don't you think aught to stop you (she's runnin') somebody to stop you (she's runnin') don't you think I'm try to stop you