THE TEDDY BEAR SONG

(Nick Nixon - Don Earl)

« © '72 Champion Music »



I wish I had button eyes and red fat nose

A shaggy cotton skin and just one set of clothes

Sittin' on the shelf in the local department store

With no dreams to dream and nothin' 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' 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 say hi I'm Teddy ain't that a lovely day

Then I'd know everytime I've spoke the words were right

And no one would know the mess I made in my life

I wish I was a Teddy Bear...

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