(Hoo, hoo, hoo) Mmm (hoo, hoo, hoo)
  Growing up wasn't 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 she'd 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 she's 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 she'll 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
  She's runnin', she's runnin'
  Growin' up too fast, oh, oh
  (She's running') oh, oh
  Growin' up too fast, oh, oh
  (She's runnin') oh, oh
  Growin' up too fast, oh, hey
  (She's runnin') Annie, Annie Mae, yeah
  (She's running) Where you goin' Annie
  (She's runnin') Don't you think somebody aught to stop you
  (She's runnin') Somebody aught to stop you
  (She's runnin') Don't you think I'm gonna try to stop you