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 into 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 gone when I learned all she had to show She really gave all a boy could take So now when I get lonely, still looking for the one and only That's when I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary 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