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 fell 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 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, 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 lying in the arms of mary lying in the arms lying in the arms