I wish I had buttoned eyes and a red-belt 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 loving, nor going nowhere
I wish I was a teddy bear
I wish I was a teddy bear
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 sawdust smile
Then your memory wouldn't come around hurting all the time
I'd have a so-don't-smile and a pretty 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 loving, nor 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
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 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
I wish I was a teddy bear
And I'm wishing that I hadn't fallen in love with you