Ted O'Hare was a,
A brown bear
And he lived by a river in the woods
Now Ted the bear was a,
A little scared of crossing the river
But I knew that he could
And Ted said
"I'm not a good swimmer"
"What if it's too deep?"
"What if I'm no good?"
And I said
Ted, you silly old bear
Won't you come over here
You never know until you try
Take my hand (Take my hand)
Just believe me (Just believe me)
Cause I believe in you (Cause I believe in you)
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Jane Lanier was a,
A small deer
And she lived by a river in the woods
And Jane the deer had a,
A little fear of all of the brown bears
But she misunderstood
And Jane said
"The bears are so scary"
"The bears are so big"
"And I am so small"
And I said
Jane, you silly old deer
Won't you come over here
You never know until you say hi
"Hmm, okay"
"Hi, my name's Jane"
"Nice to meet you, I'm Ted, wanna go swimming"
"Okay"
Take my hand (Take my hand)
Just believe me (Just believe me)
Cause I believe in you (Cause I believe in you)
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Ted the bear and Jane the deer,
They lived by a river in the woods
Now they play and laugh and they make up two halves
Of one beautiful friendship that would never have begun
If Ted had never swam
If Jane had never said hi to a bear because she was scared
It's really all so simple
You never know until you try
Take my hand (Take my hand)
Just believe me (Just believe me)
Cause I believe in you (Cause I believe in you)
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah (Cause I believe in you)