The light shines down the valley The wind blows up the alley Oh, how 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 were 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'd 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'd 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 Oh, how I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary Lying in the arms Lying in the arm (yeah-yeah, yeah!) Lying in the arms of Mary Yeah-yeah, yeah!