Jean Shepard Teddy Bear Song lyrics

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, nor 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 memory 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 stay
Hi there, I'm Teddy, it's a lovely day
Then I'd know every time I spoke the words were right
And no one would know the mess that I made of my life
I wish I was a teddy bear
And I'm wishing that I hadn't fallen in love with you