The Teddy Bear Song Lyrics - Kitty Wells

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