The hunt is on
The panic's here
You can't find Wiis
This time of year
Simply can't find a Wii around Christmastime
Simply can't find a Wii around Christmastime

The moon is bright
We're camping out
Get one tonight
Or they'll sell out
Simply can't find a Wii around Christmastime
Simply can't find a Wii around Christmastime

The clerks at Wal-Mart say they're gone
All gone, all gone, all gone, gone

Simply can't find a Wii around Christmastime
Simply can't find a Wii around Christmastime

I searched online
But eBay sucks
I just won't pay
Five hundred bucks
Simply can't find a Wii around Christmastime

The clerks at GameStop sing this song
They say the Wiis are gone
All gone, all gone, all gone
All gone, all gone, all gone
All gone, all gone

I'll take it off
My shopping list
Like Santa Claus
They don't exist

Simply can't find a Wii around Christmastime
Simply can't find a Wii around Christmastime

[funky solo]

Looks like I'm stuck
I'll wait in line
Til they're in stock
In 2009

Simply can't find a Wii around Christmastime
Simply can't find a Wii around Christmastime
Simply can't find a Wii around Christmastime
Oooh oooh oooh

Christmastime

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"We should do a holiday parody," we said. "And we should do a song about Nintendo." But we finished writing it just a few days before December 25th, 2007, so we figured we'd missed our opportunity. "The Wii will be easy to find next year," we said. "This won't even be vaguely amusing by 2008." Oh, how wrong we were. When we finally released this parody of Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" the following Thanksgiving, people were still gouging each other for Nintendo hardware on eBay. It's the most wonderful time of the year! Keyboards, sleigh bells, and drums by Jude Kelley; guitar, bass, and vocals by Dan Amrich.

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