Teddy Bear Song

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