The light shines down the valley   The wind blows up the alley   Oh, how I wish, I was lyin' in the arms of Mary      She took the pains of boyhood   And turned them into feel good   Oh, how I wish, I was lyin' in the arms of Mary      Mary was the girl who taught me, all I had to know   She out me right on my first mistake      Summer wasn't gone   When I learned all, she had to give   She really gave all, a boy could take      So now when I get lonely   Still lookin' for my one and only   That's when I wish was lyin' in   The arms of Mary      Mary was the girl who taught me, all I had to know   She out me right on my first mistake