Intro: verse 1 The lights shine down the valley the wind blows up the alley Oh and I wish I was lyin' in the arms of Mary She took the pains of boyhood and turned them into feel good Oh how I wish I was lyin' 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 ? woah verse 2 So now when I get lonely still looking for the one and only That's when I wish I was lyin' 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 ? woah Solo 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 ? woah verse 3 The lights shine down the valley the wind blows up the alley Oh and I wish I was lyin' in the arms of Mary Oh and I wish I was lyin' in the arms of Mary Oh and I wish I was lyin' in the arms of Mary