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



(Chorus)

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 Mem'ry Wouldn't Come Around Hurtin' All The Time

I'd Have A Sewed-on Smile And A Pretty Twinkle In My Eye

And I Never Would Have Ever Had To Learn How To Cry



(Repeat Chorus)



I Wish I Had A String To 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 One Would Know The Mess I've Made Of My Life



(Repeat Chorus)



And I'm Wishin' That I Hadn't Fallen In Love With You