i wish i had button eyes

and a red felt nose

shaggy cotton skin and

just one set of clothes

sittin'on a shelf in a

local department store

with no dreams to dream and

nothin'to be sorry for

i wish i was a teddy bear

not livin'or lovin nor goin'nowhere

i wish i was a teddy bear

and i'm wishin that i hadn't

fallen in love with you

i wish i had a wooden

heart and a sawdust mind

then your memory wouldn't come

around hurtin all the time

i'd have a sewed on smile and

a painted twinkle in my eye

and i never would have ever

had to learn how to cry

i wish i was a teddy bear

not livin'or lovin nor goin'nowhere

i wish i was a teddy bear

and i'm wishin that i hadn't

fallen in love with you

i wish i had a string you

could pull to make me say

hi i'm teddy ain't it a lovely day

then i'd know every time i

spoke the words were right

and no would know the

mess i made of my life

i wish i was a teddy bear

not livin'or lovin nor goin'nowhere

i wish i was a teddy bear

and i'm wishin that i hadn't

fallen in love with you

and i'm wishin that i hadn't

fallen in love with you