Annie Lyrics - Singles - Small Fred

Annie's up at seven on a work day 

Brewing up a cup of peppermint tea 

Gathering her papers and lesson plans 

She grabs her keys 

Teaching arithmetic and Africa 

Geology and girl's basketball 

All the kids in her class 

Will tell you she's the best 

But she's heard other teachers in the hall saying 

CHORUS: 

"What are we going to do about Annie? 

Pretty girl like her shouldn't be alone 

If she took our advice, dressed up real nice 

She'd find a man to take her home." 

Mondays come with questions of couples 

Where and with whom did you go? 

Avoiding the personal pronoun 

She hopes it doesn't show 

Shopping with her lover in the city 

Two women holding hands don't get a stare 

If the kids at school knew, what would they do 

Would they hate her? Why should they care? Tell me 

CHORUS 

Never getting too close to a student 

Never letting out too much of her life 

Keeping her delights and disappointments 

Tucked out of sight 

Annie takes herself to the Christmas party 

The principal whispers with a smile 

"You're vivacious and bright, if you play your cards right 

There're some men here tonight worth your while" thinking 

CHORUS 

Work that you love is hard to come by 

The kids she could never bear to lose 

So she makes conversations out of silences 

And half-truths 

But at night by the fire with her lover 

She looks out at the wind-driven snow 

And imagines the day when she'll look in their faces 

And tell everybody she konws--she'll tell 'em 

LAST CHORUS: 

Don't you worry about Annie 

She don't lie awake and pine 

Got love to fill her heart, flowers growing in the garden 

Annie's doing just fine.