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 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 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 repeat chorus 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 The light shines down the valley The wind blows up the alley Oh how I wish I was lyin' in the arms of Mary Lyin' in the arms of Mary X2