The lights shine down the valley
The wind blows up the alley
And 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 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

When I wish I was lying
In the arms of Mary
Lying in the arms of Mary
Lying in the arms of Mary