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 about her past Some swore she'd never 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 through an empty shell And all the time she's catching She was (growing up much too fast) up much too Does anybody know where is mae today Where oh where is mae All you got to do is look into the of All the girls 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 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) 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') you think somebody aught to stop you (she's runnin') somebody aught to you (she's runnin') don't you think I'm gonna try to you