The lights shine down the valley
And the wind blows up the alley
Oh, when I wished 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 told 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, oho

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

Mary was the girl who told 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
And the wind blows up the alley
Oh, when I wished I was lying in the arms of Mary

Lying in the arms of Mary
Lying in the arms of Mary
Oooh, ooohooohooohooohooo