Intro: 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 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 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 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 I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary lying in the arms of Mary lying in the arms of Mary yeaah yeah yeah yeaeeaahh (fade) lying in the arms of Mary