the lights shine down the valley
the wind blows up the alley 
oh how i wish i was lying in the arms of mary

she took the pains of boyhood 
and turned them into feel good 
oh how i wish i 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 feel 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 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 how i 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
lying in the arms of mary