Mama to Tedi (Mama and Teddy)
Hitomi Yaida
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I can’t throw it away
The teddy bear I must’ve got while I was crying

Mama hates you, ‘cause you throw her interior design all out of wack
She left you, pretending like she misplaced you

Harrods is also ashamed
of your sheltered upbringing in Minato-ku
My kid’s also consumer, beary-man
Mama and the teddy bear are coming to a compromise

I can’t throw it away
That teddy bear I must’ve got while I was crying
I should throw it away, I’ll be smiling somewhere
until we meet again

Those unmoving eyes
felt it more than anyone else
The two years debating whether to throw it out our not
Suffocating my tears at our last kiss

I saw you from the opposite shore in the middle of the night
all covered in exhaust fumes and ever so dirty

I can’t throw it away
That teddy bear I must’ve got while I was crying
I should throw it away, I’ll be smiling somewhere
until we meet again

I graffitied your back so many times with tears
What was I crying for that day?
Did I forgive whatever it was?
Who was it that you were reflecting?

I can’t throw it away
That teddy bear I must’ve got while I was crying
I should throw it away, I’ll be smiling somewhere
until we meet again

I can’t throw it away, I should throw it away
I can’t throw it away, I should throw it away
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