美國黑人歌姬［娜妲莉．高］──靈魂放克佳作──［Annie Mae／安妮梅］

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

１９７７年１１月　２７歲的美國當紅黑人歌姬娜妲莉．高（Natalie Cole）發行第四張大碟［Thankful］　

由長期伙伴Chuck Jackson＆Marvin Yancy製作

登上美國流行榜＃１６　靈魂榜＃５

首支單曲［Our Love］登上美國流行榜＃１０　靈魂榜冠軍（其第五首）　拿到百萬金唱片

１９７８年　高推出由她獨自譜寫的第二主打［Annie Mae／安妮梅］

這是一首融合靈魂放克曲　節拍輕快　娜妲莉也盡情發揮其高亢嗓音

［Annie Mae］並沒打入流行榜　但在靈魂榜高居＃６

讓［Thankful］　在黑人R&B市場繼續熱賣

最後成為高第一張百萬白金唱片（１９７６年美國唱片協會才設置白金）

［Annie Mae］也是娜妲莉早期受到小眾歌迷喜愛的歌曲之一

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB0lgAUKe84

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y52qQCfMxg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GreIk22UGdg