{intro} {} The light shines down the valley the wind blows up the alley, oh I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary She took the pains of boyhood and turned them in to feel good, oh and 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 rt on the 1st mistake, summer wasn't gone & I learned all she had to show, she really gave all a boy could take, yeah So now when I get lonely still looking for the one & 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 rt on the 1st mistake, summer wasn't gone & I learned all she had to show, she really gave all a boy could take {key chge} {guitar solo} {} Mary was the girl who taught me all I had to know, she put me rt on the 1st mistake, summer wasn't gone & I learned all she had to show, she really gave all a boy could take The light shines down the valley the wind blows up the alley ooo, I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary oh, & I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary Oh, & I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary Uh, uh, uh;......... {repeat & fade} {end}