I wish I had button eyes and red fat nose   Shaggy cotton skin and just one set of clothes   Sittin' on the shelf in the local department store   With no dreams to dream and nothing to be sorry for   I wish I was a Teddy Bear not living nor loving nor going 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 to hurt all the time   I'd have a sewed on smile and a painted twinkle in my eye   And I never would've ever had to learn how to cry   I wish I was a Teddy Bear...      I wish I had a string you'd pull to make me stay hi there I'm Teddy it's a lovely day   Then I'd know everytime I spoke the words were right   And no one would know the mess that I made of my life   I wish I was a Teddy Bear...   And I'm wishin' that I hadn't fallen in love with you