Written by natalie cole

(hoo, hoo, hoo) mmm (hoo, hoo, hoo)

Growing up wasnt easy for annie mae

(hoo, hoo, hoo)

A little girl in a great big world

Annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo)

No one knew about her past

Some people swore shed never last

She was (growing up much too fast)

Growing (hoo, hoo, hoo)

Just a little too fast (hoo, hoo, hoo)

Never had her a mama, no, no

Annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo)

Rarely heard a kind spoken word

Annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo)

Looking at life through an empty shell

And all the time shes catching hell

She was growing

(growing up much too fast) up much too fast

Does anybody know where is annie mae today

Where oh where is annie mae

All you got to do is look into the faces of

All the young girls

On the avenue--(young girls!)

Oh, well, (hoo, hoo, hoo) ha

In the night hear her cry, annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo)

Hurt and pain keeps coming again

And again, and again, annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo)

Trippin and runnin is blowin her mind

Tryin to decide if shell make it this time

She was (growing up) oh, yeah (much too fast)

She was (growing up much too fast)

Somebody got to stop her, oh annie, annie

(ooh) (hoo, hoo, hoo) (where is annie mae)

Annie, annie

Somebody

(ooh) (hoo, hoo, hoo) (where is annie mae)

Got to stop her, oh, annie, annie,

(ooh) (hoo, hoo, hoo) (where is annie mae)

Annie, annie

Shes runnin, shes runnin

Growin up too fast, oh, oh

(shes running) oh, oh

Growin up too fast, oh, oh

(shes runnin) oh, oh

Growin up too fast, oh, hey

(shes runnin) annie, annie mae, yeah

(shes running) where you goin annie

(shes runnin) dont you think somebody aught to stop you

(shes runnin) somebody aught to stop you

(shes runnin) dont you think Im gonna try to stop you