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==Missing lyric== The full lyrics were a subject of speculation for several years until they were revealed to fans by band members and cast members of the show. One line, the third and the most difficult one to understand, was purposefully left a mystery by head songwriter [[Mark Mulcahy]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lloyd |first1=Robert |title=Polaris rising: Mark Mulcahy's 'Pete and Pete' band comes to town |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-polaris-mark-mulcahy-pete-and-pete-echoplex-20150423-column.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=March 10, 2019 |date=April 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Danton |first1=Eric R. |title=How Nostalgia for 'The Adventures of Pete & Pete' Revived Miracle Legion |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1222-how-nostalgia-for-the-adventures-of-pete-pete-revived-miracle-legion/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=March 10, 2019 |date=July 8, 2016}}</ref> The most common assumptions are "Can you settle to shoot me?" and "Can you settle a sure bet?", with actor [[Danny Tamberelli]] backing up the second one.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012|title=IAMA comedian and musician Danny Tamberelli. I was Little Pete and a cast member of All That. I worked from 6-18 with Nickelodeon. Now I play in bands, write sketch comedy and enjoy Woody Harrelson movies...|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/wc33h/iama_comedian_and_musician_danny_tamberelli_i_was/|access-date=June 10, 2020|website=Reddit}}</ref> Another theory indicates that it could be a reference to the [[Kent State shootings]] and [[Sandra Lee Scheuer]] (being the diminutive "Sandy" of the song), although the actual meaning of the song is in debate.<ref>[http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4364 Hey Sandy by Polaris (''Songfacts'', 2017)]</ref> In regards to this, Mulcahy said in 2015: "No one is right. Nothing that anyone has guessed is right (...) But, you know, eventually no one's going to care so. I don't know if I want to take it to my grave. Maybe I do."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vinyl records and the mystery of 'Hey Sandy:' In-depth with Mark Mulcahy of Polaris|url=https://nepascene.com/2015/04/vinyl-records-mystery-hey-sandy-in-depth-mark-mulcahy-polaris/|last=Hughes|first=Chris|date=April 4, 2015|website=NEPA Scene|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> Incorrect translations of this lyric, however, can still be found on the closed captioning of Pete and Pete DVD sets.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}
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