The Teddy Bear Song  

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
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 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 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 no one would know the mess I made of my life

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

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


Song writer/composer(s): Earl Don, Nick Nixon

Recorded by Barbara Fairchild © 1972

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"The Teddy Bear Song" is a 1972 single by Barbara Fairchild.
"The Teddy Bear Song" was Barbara Fairchild's sixth hit
on the country chart and her sole number one.
The single would stay at number one
for two weeks and spend a total of fifteen weeks on the chart.
"The Teddy Bear Song" would cross over to
the pop chart where it peaked at number thirty-two