Written by natalie (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 her past Some 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 a kind spoken word mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Looking at through an empty shell And all the she's catching hell She was (growing up much too fast) up much too 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 hear her cry, annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Hurt and keeps coming again And again, and again, mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Trippin' and runnin' is blowin' her Tryin' to if she'll 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 aught to you (she's runnin') you think I'm gonna try to stop you