The lights shine down the valley The wind blows up the alley Oh how I wish I were lying in the Arms of Mary She took the pains of boyhood And turned them into feel good Oh hw 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 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... The lights shine down the valley The wind blows up the alley Oh how I wish I were lying in the Arms of Mary