You've got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative

And latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with Mister In-Between

You've got to spread joy up to the maximum, bring gloom down to the minimum

Have faith or pandem - onium's, liable to walk upon the scene

To illustrate my last remark, Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark

What did they do just when everything looked so dark?

Man, they said "We'd better accentuate the positive", "e - liminate the negative"

"And latch on to the affirmative", don't mess with Mister In-Between

Don't mess with Mister In-Between

Ya got to spread joy up to the maximum, bring gloom down to the minimum

Have faith or pandemonium's liable to walk upon the scene

You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive, e - liminate the negative

And latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with Mister In-Between

No, don't mess with Mister In-Between No, don't mess with Mister In-Between