well, I wish I had button eyes and a red felt nose
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

I wish I was a teddy bear
Nor living, nor loving, nor going nowhere
I wish I was a teddy bear
And I wish that I never had fallen in love with you

I wish I had a wooden heart and a sawdust mind
Then your memory wouldn't come around hurtin' all the time
With a sewed-on smile and a painted twinkle in my eye
Then I never would've ever had to learn how to cry

I wish I was a teddy bear
Nor living, nor loving, nor going nowhere
I wish I was a teddy bear
And I wish that I never had fallen in love with you

I wish I had a string you could pull that would make me say
What you wanna hear from me to make you stay
Then I'd know every time I spoke the words were right
And no one would know what a mess I've made in my life

I wish I was a teddy bear
Nor living, nor loving, nor going nowhere
I wish I was a teddy bear
And I wish that I never had fallen in love with you

I wish I was a teddy bear
Nor living, nor loving, nor going nowhere
I wish I was (I wish I was) a teddy bear

Copyright: Universal Music Publishing Group
Writer(s): Donald L. Earl, Nick Nixon