The lights shine down the valley, 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 - oh
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, 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 - ooh ooh
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 - oh
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, 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 - ooh ooh