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Written by natalie cole |
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(hoo, hoo, hoo) mmm (hoo, hoo, hoo) |
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Growing up wasn't easy for annie mae |
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(hoo, hoo, hoo) |
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A little girl in a great big world |
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Annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) |
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No one knew about her past |
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Some people swore she'd never last |
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She was (growing up much too fast) |
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Growing (hoo, hoo, hoo) |
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Just a little too fast (hoo, hoo, hoo) |
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Never had her a mama, no, no |
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Annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) |
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Rarely heard a kind spoken word |
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Annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) |
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Looking at life through an empty shell |
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And all the time she's catching hell |
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She was growing |
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(growing up much too fast) up much too fast |
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Does anybody know where is annie mae today |
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Where oh where is annie mae |
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All you got to do is look into the faces of |
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All the young girls |
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On the avenue--(young girls!) |
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Oh, well, (hoo, hoo, hoo) ha |
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In the night hear her cry, annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) |
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Hurt and pain keeps coming again |
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And again, and again, annie mae (hoo, hoo, hoo) |
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Trippin' and runnin' is blowin' her mind |
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Tryin' to decide if she'll make it this time |
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She was (growing up) oh, yeah (much too fast) |
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She was (growing up much too fast) |
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Somebody got to stop her, oh annie, annie |
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(ooh) (hoo, hoo, hoo) (where is annie mae) |
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Annie, annie |
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Somebody |
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(ooh) (hoo, hoo, hoo) (where is annie mae) |
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Got to stop her, oh, annie, annie, |
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(ooh) (hoo, hoo, hoo) (where is annie mae) |
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Annie, annie |
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She's runnin', she's runnin' |
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Growin' up too fast, oh, oh |
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(she's running') oh, oh |
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Growin' up too fast, oh, oh |
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(she's runnin') oh, oh |
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Growin' up too fast, oh, hey |
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(she's runnin') annie, annie mae, yeah |
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(she's running) where you goin' annie |
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(she's runnin') don't you think somebody aught to stop you |
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(she's runnin') somebody aught to stop you |
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(she's runnin') don't you think i'm gonna try to stop you |
