Lyric discussion by lord_lacolith 

Crash Test Dummies cover better? That is sacrelige. Krackonis must be burned.

Also, according to Andy, it's not about any particular person, not even JFK. Peter Pumpkinhead was the name of a jack-o-lantern he had carved, and, in typical quirky Andy fashion, he decided the gourd should be a hero in a song. The song is just about a general sort of too-good-for-his-own-good type.

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