I wish I had buttoned eyes and a red-belt noseShaggy cotton skin and just one set of clothesSitting on a shelf in a local department storeWith no dreams to dream and nothing to be sorry forI wish I was a teddy bearNot living or loving, nor going nowhereI wish I was a teddy bearI wish I was a teddy bearI wish I was a teddy bearAnd I'm wishing that I hadn't fallen in love with youI wish I had a wooden heart and a sawdust smileThen your memory wouldn't come around hurting all the timeI'd have a so-don't-smile and a pretty twinkle in my eyeAnd I never would have ever hadTo learn how to cryI wish I was a teddy bearNot living or loving, nor going nowhereI wish I was a teddy bearAnd I'm wishing that I hadn't fallen in love with youI wish I had a string you could pull to make me sayHi, I'm TeddyAin't it a lovely dayThen I'd know every time I spoke the words were rightAnd no one would know the mess I made of my lifeI wish I was a teddy bearNot living or loving, nor going nowhereI wish I was a teddy bearAnd I'm wishing that I hadn't fallen in love with youI wish I was a teddy bearAnd I'm wishing that I hadn't fallen in love with you