Arms of Mary (1976)
1. The
lights shine down the valley, the wind
blows up the ally,
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oh,
well, I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary.
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She
took the pains of boyhood, and turned
them into feel good,
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oh,
how I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary.
Mary was the girl who taught me all I had to
know,
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she put me right on my first mistake.
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Sommer was so good when I learned all she had
to show,
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she really gave all a boy could take.
2. So
now when I get lonely,
still looking for the one and only,
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that`s when I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary.
3. The
lights shine down the valley, the wind
blows up the ally,
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oh,
well, I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary,
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lying in the arms of Mary, lying in the arms of Mary....