i wish i had button eyes and a red felt nose
a 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
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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 painted twinkle in my eye
and i never would have ever had to learn how to cry
[chorus]
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 none would know the mess i made of my life
[chorus]
and i'm wishin' that i hadn't fallen in love with you |