[Verse 1]
The lights shine down the valley
The wind blows up the alley, oh
Well, I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary

[Verse 2]
She took the pains of boyhood
And turned them in to feel good, oh
How I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary

[Chorus]
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, oh

[Verse 3]
So now when I get lonely
I'm still looking for the one and only
That's when I wish was lying in the arms of Mary

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 1]
The lights shine down the valley
And the wind blows up the alley, oh
Well, I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary

[Outro]
Lying in the arms of Mary
Lying in the arms of Mary
Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh