Lyrics - Teddy Bear Song by Barbara Fairchild

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
CHORUSI 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
CHORUSI 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
CHORUSAnd
I'm wishin' that
I hadn't fallen in love with you

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