Written by cole (hoo, hoo, hoo) mmm (hoo, hoo, hoo) up wasn't easy for annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) A girl in a great big world mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) No one about her past Some people swore 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 heard a kind word mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Looking at through an empty shell And all the time she's hell She was (growing up too fast) up much too fast Does anybody where 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 hear her cry, mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) Hurt and keeps coming again And again, and again, mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) and runnin' is blowin' her mind Tryin' to decide if she'll make it time She was (growing up) oh, (much too fast) She was (growing up too fast) Somebody got to stop her, oh 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 goin' (she's runnin') don't you think somebody to stop you (she's runnin') somebody aught to you (she's runnin') don't you think I'm try to stop you