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The light shines down the valley      the wind blows up the alley, oh 

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I wish I was lying in the arms of     Mary 

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She took the pains of boyhood         and turned them in to feel good, oh 

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and I wish I was lying in the arms of   Mary.  Mary was the girl who taught 

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me all I had to know, she put me rt on the 1st mistake, summer wasn't gone & 

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I learned all she had to show, she really gave all a boy could take, yeah 

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So now when        I get lonely       still looking for the one & only, 

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that's when I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary.              Mary was 
the 

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girl who taught me all I had to know, she put me rt on the 1st mistake, 

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summer wasn't gone & I learned all she had to show, she really gave all a 
boy 

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could take  {key chge}   {guitar solo} 

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                                                          Mary was the 

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girl who taught me all I had to know, she put me rt on the 1st mistake, 

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summer wasn't gone & I learned all she had to show, she really gave all a 
boy 

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could take            The light shines down the valley      the wind blows 

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up the alley       ooo, I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary 

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                   oh, & I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary 

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                  Oh, & I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary 

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                    Uh, uh,           uh;.........   {repeat & fade} 

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