I wish I had buttoned eyes and a red felt nose
Shaggy cotton skin and just one set of clothes
Sitting on a shelf in a local department store
With no dreams to dream and nothing to be sorry for
I wish I was a teddy bear
Not living or dying or going nowhere
I wish I was a teddy bear
And I'm wishing that I hadn't fallen in love with you
I wish I had a wooden heart and a soft smile
Then your memory wouldn't come around
Hurting all the time
I'd have a so-dumb 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 living or dying or going nowhere
I wish I was a teddy bear
Not living or dying or going nowhere
I wish I was a teddy bear
And I'm wishing that I hadn't fallen in love with you
I wish I had a string you could pull to make me say
I'm a teddy bear
And I love it
Then I'd know every time I spoke a word to your eyes
And no one would know the mess I made of my life
I wish I was a teddy bear
Not living or loving
Nor going nowhere
I wish I was a teddy bear
And I'm wishing that I hadn't fallen in love with you
And I'm wishing that I hadn't fallen in love with you
Yeah!