I wish I had button eyes and red fat nose
Shaggy cotton skin and just one set of clothes
Sitting 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 or going nowhere
I wish I was a Teddy Bear 
And I'm wishing 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 hurting 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 
Not living nor loving or going nowhere
I wish I was a Teddy Bear 
And I'm wishing that I hadn't fallen in love with you

I wish I had a string you'd pull to make me say 
"Hi, I'm Teddy, ain't it a lovely day?"
Then I'd know everytime I spoke the words were right
And no one would know the mess I made in my life

I wish I was a Teddy Bear 
Not living nor loving or going nowhere
I wish I was a Teddy Bear 
And I'm wishing that I hadn't fallen in love with you
And I'm wishing that I hadn't fallen in love with you