Barbara Fairchild Teddy Bear Song Lyrics

Teddy Bear Song Lyrics

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

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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

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