Wendy Clear Lyrics
Let's take the boat out on the bay
Forget your job for just one day
I wish it didn't have to be so bad
It might be inappropriate, because
Either way, our band gets dropped, oh yeah
I wish it didn't have to be so bad
[Chorus: Mark Hoppus]
But I'd play with fire to break the ice
And I'd play with a nuclear device
Is it something I'll regret? Or do I want what I can't get?
I wish it didn't have to be so bad
[Verse 2: Mark Hoppus]
The three-date theory's getting old
Everyone is getting left out in the cold
I wish it didn't have to be so bad
So I'll see you with another guy who pretends
Not to hear you when you cry, oh yeah
I wish it didn't have to be so bad
[Chorus: Mark Hoppus]
But I'd play with fire to break the ice
And I'd play with a nuclear device
Is it something I'll regret? Or do I want what I can't get?
I wish it didn't have to be so bad
I'll be moving on, moving on
Moving on and on and on
Moving on, moving on
Moving on and on and on
[Chorus: Mark Hoppus]
But I'd play with fire to break the ice
And I'd play with a nuclear device
Is it something I'll regret? Or do I want what I can't get?
I wish it didn't have to be so bad
[Outro: Mark Hoppus]
I wish it didn't have to be so bad
I wish it didn't have to be so bad
I wish it didn't have to be so bad
About
The title of “Wendy Clear” comes from Hoppus' boat, named “Wendy,” and how boaters end transmissions by letting other boaters know the channel is open for use, or “clear.” Hoppus wrote the song while on tour with MxPx about having a crush on “someone that you are not supposed to like.”
In this case it was specifically someone who worked at Blink-182’s then-record-label MCA.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
In a program for one of Blink’s tours around the time of Enema’s release, Tom left a brief annotation for each track. For “Wendy Clear”:
‘Wendy Clear’ is a song Mark wrote about this girl he had a crush on. He liked her but he really couldn’t date her because she was a very influential person in the music industry. So them dating was a very tricky situation. ‘I wish it didn’t have to be so bad,’ is how the song goes.
- 1.Dumpweed
- 3.Aliens Exist
- 7.Adam’s Song
- 10.Mutt
- 11.Wendy Clear
- 12.Anthem
