Annie, can you hear me? There's work for me to do I'll be home in the morning But now it's time for me to go. That was the last she heard him say Before Annie ran away.
They'd always been so happy Well, at least that how it seemed But he was unaware of the things that Annie dreamed. And it lasted up until that day When Annie ran away.
He went to see her mother Said 'Mother, where can she be? When I got home this morning She was nowhere to be seen.' But Mother replied 'I cannot say Why Annie ran away.'
(And Mother sang:) 'She may have joined the navy To sail the seven seas Or run off to the circus To fly the high trapeze And I know you wanted her to stay But your Annie ran away.'
(And he cries)'Annie, can you hear me? It feels so cold inside' He picks up his guitar and Sits down by the fireside But he cannot find a tune to play Since Annie ran away And he prays for her return each day Since Annie Ran away But that was fifty years today When Annie ran away