Written by cole (hoo, hoo, hoo) mmm (hoo, hoo, hoo) Growing up wasn't easy for mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) A girl in a great big world 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 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 she's catching She was (growing up much too fast) up too fast Does anybody know where is annie mae Where oh is annie mae All you got to do is look into the 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 pain keeps coming And again, and again, mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Trippin' and runnin' is blowin' her to decide 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', 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, mae, yeah (she's running) where you annie (she's runnin') don't you think somebody aught to you (she's runnin') aught to stop you (she's runnin') you think I'm gonna try to stop you