I wish I had button eyes and a red felt nose
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A shaggy cotton skin and just one set of clothes
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Sittin' on a shelf in a local department store
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With no dreams to dream and nothin' to be sorry for
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[Chorus:]
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I wish I was a teddy bear
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Not livin' or lovin' nor goin' nowhere
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I wish I was a teddy bear
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And I'm wishin' that I hadn't fallen in love with you
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I wish I had a wooden heart and a sawdust mind
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Then your mem'ry wouldn't come around hurtin' all the time
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I'd have a sewed-on smile and a painted twinkle in my eye
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And I never would have ever had to learn how to cry
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[Chorus]
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I wish I had a string you could pull to make me say
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Hi, I'm Teddy-ain't it a lovely day?
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Then I'd know every time I spoke the words were right
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And none would know the mess I made of my life
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[Chorus]
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And I'm wishin' that I hadn't fallen in love with you
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Teddy Bear Song
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| Barbara Fairchild |
