The lights shine down the valley The wind blows up the alley, Oh -- well I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary.
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 –
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 --
So now when I get lonely, still looking for the one and only, That's when I wish was lying in the arms of Mary.
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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 ---- ----
The lights shine down the valley, The wind blows up the alley Oh -- well I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary. Lying in the arms of Mary, Lying in the arms of Mary, Lying in the arms of Mary.