Fred Small - Annie Lyrics
Annie's up at seven on a work dayBrewing up a cup of peppermint teaGathering her papers and lesson plansShe grabs her keysTeaching arithmetic and AfricaGeology and girl's basketballAll the kids in her classWill tell you she's the bestBut she's heard other teachers in the hall sayingCHORUS:"What are we going to do about Annie?Pretty girl like her shouldn't be aloneIf she took our advice, dressed up real niceShe'd find a man to take her home."Mondays come with questions of couplesWhere and with whom did you go?Avoiding the personal pronounShe hopes it doesn't showShopping with her lover in the cityTwo women holding hands don't get a stareIf the kids at school knew, what would they doWould they hate her? Why should they care? Tell meCHORUSNever getting too close to a studentNever letting out too much of her lifeKeeping her delights and disappointmentsTucked out of sightAnnie takes herself to the Christmas partyThe principal whispers with a smile"You're vivacious and bright, if you play your cards rightThere're some men here tonight worth your while" thinkingCHORUSWork that you love is hard to come byThe kids she could never bear to loseSo she makes conversations out of silencesAnd half-truthsBut at night by the fire with her loverShe looks out at the wind-driven snowAnd imagines the day when she'll look in their facesAnd tell everybody she konws--she'll tell 'emLAST CHORUS:Don't you worry about AnnieShe don't lie awake and pineGot love to fill her heart, flowers growing in the gardenAnnie's doing just fine
