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• Thebeerhistorypodcast from FloridaThere has always been a debate regarding the lyrics of the chorus. Listed above is "Don't you talk back". The other common lyric is, "Does your dog bite". Turns out it is in fact "Does your dog bite", and this can be verified by the band itself in their live rendition recorded on the album, "Live at Lincoln Hall" (2015).
  
  It's extremely clear what he says in the live version, but even if there's still debate, at the end of the song Mark Mulcahy does an entire dialog about Sandy's dog saying things like, "he never bites", "he's great with children", etc. Not sure how to get lyrics updated on SongFacts, but they definitely are not correct at the time of this post. [Corrected -editor]
• Neil Rhodes from Destination Unknown@Mjn Seifer it's not a bloody conspiracy! The Album "Music From The Adventures Of Pete And Pete" by Polaris was released in 2004. No one is claiming that the show came out in 2004 but this album WAS released in 2004.
• Chris from Fort Smith, ArFirst of all, Pete and Pete always featured this song seeing as how it was the theme song for the show. Secondly, the show didn't air when Nickelodeaon when the channel first started. It came on air in 1993 and Nick started in 1977 i believe.
• Mjn Seifer from Not Listed For Personal Reason, EnglandIt's NOT 2004!!! it's far Early then that.
  
  
  Pete and Pete (Which sometimes fetures this song) was on a: when I was very young and i'm 19 now and b: When Nickolodian (sp?) had just started! So it is NOT 2004 and so tired of this conspiracy!!!!
• Levi from El Paso, TxThis is in my opinion THE BEST SONG I've ever listened to. It reminded me of my early childhood, and though the song might not be the best musically, it brings a lot of memories to those who watched one of the best TV series EVER.
• Becky from Gloucester, EnglandI know another Harvey Andrews song about that -
  HEY SANDY
  
  The sun was hot, the air heavy, and the marching men came by
  You stood at door, you watched them pass, you asked no reason why
  The sound of steel of their jackboot heel came pound through your head
  Your reason's past, they've came at last, with the blessings of the dead
  
  Chorus:
  Hey Sandy, hey Sandy why are you the one
  All the years of growing up are wasted now and gone
  Did you see them turn did you feel the burn of the bullets as they flew
  Hey Sandy, hey Sandy just what did you do
  
  At the college square, they were standing there, with the flag and with the gun
  And the whispered words as the ones young stirred, saying, 'Why are you the one?'
  And the air was still with lonely thrill of now the hour is near
  And the smell of sweat was better yet, than the awful smell of fear
  
  Chorus
  
  The awful shout, as you all ran out, saying, why are these things done?'
  And you stood and stared, yet no one cared for another campus bum
  Your songs are dead and your instead are to the funeral pyre
  And the words of youth, like love and truth, are just ashes on the fire
  
  Chorus
  
  Did you throw no stone, at the men alone, with their bayonets fixed for hire?
  Did you think that they would kill no one, did you scream as they opened fire
  And the square ran red, with your blood stains spread, and the darkness round you grew
  Did you feel the pain, did you call the name of the man you never knew
  
  Chorus

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