The light shines down the valley   The wind blows up the alley   Oh how I wish 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 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 was 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 light shines down the valley   The wind blows up the alley   Oh how I wish I was lying in the   Arms of Mary      (fade)   lying in the arms   lying in the arms(oooh)   lying in the arms of mary