the lights shine down the valley the wind blows up the alley oh well i wish i was lying in the arms of mary she took the pains of boyhood and turned them in to 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 good when i learned all she had to show she really gave all a boy could take oh so now when i get lonely still looking for the one and only that s when 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 good when i 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 well 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