Credits
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
CHARLES STROUSE
Composer
Martin Charnin
Lyrics
Thomas Mehann
Librettist
Lyrics
ANNIE
SHE WAS POET
EVEN THOUGH HER FOLKS DIDN’T KNOW IT
BUT ANNIE DON’T OFTEN SHOW IT SHOW IT SHOW IT
CAUGHT HER DOING RIGHT FROM WRONG
BUT ANNIE REALLY DON’T HANG ROUND LONG
BUT I CAN’T SEEM
TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT IT TAKES
TO BE A MAN
ANNIE PLEASE LET ME UNDERSTAND
THE ULCER
NEXT TO HER TOP LEFT MOLAR
IT OFTEN TOLD HER
HEY ANNIE
YOU’RE GETTING OLDER OLDER OLDER
CAUGHT HER DOING RIGHT FROM WRONG
BUT ANNIE REALLY DON’T HANG ROUND LONG
BUT I CAN’T SEEM
TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT IT TAKES
TO BE A MAN
ANNIE PLEASE LET ME UNDERSTAND
CAUGHT HER DOING RIGHT FROM WRONG
BUT ANNIE REALLY DON’T HANG ROUND LONG
BUT I CAN’T SEEM
TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT IT TAKES
TO BE A MAN
ANNIE PLEASE LET ME UNDERSTAND
Written by: Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, Thomas Mehann