The lights shine down the valley The wind blows up the alley Oh, and how I wish I was Lying in the arms of Mary She took the pains of boyhood And turned them into feel good Oh, and how I wish was Lying in the arms of Mary Mary was the girl who taught me All I had to know She put me right on my first mistake Summer wasn't gone when I'd learned All she had to show She really gave all a boy could take So now, when I get lonely Still looking for the one and only That's when I wish I was Lying in the arms of Mary So now, when I feel lonely Still looking for the one and only That's when I wish I was Lying in the arms of Mary, Mary, Mary Mary was the girl who taught me All I had to know She put me right on my first mistake Summer wasn't gone when I'd learned All she had to show She really gave all a boy could take The lights shine down the valley The wind blows up the alley Oh, and how wish I was Lying in the arms of Mary Lying in the arms of Mary Lying in the arms of Mary Lying in the arms of Mary Yeah, yeah, yeah