Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

You've got to ac-cent-tchu-ate 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

And bring gloom down to the minimum

And have faith or pandemonium is 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, I said you got to

Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive

Eliminate the negative

And latch on to the affirmative

Don't mess with Mister In-Between

To illustrate my last remark

Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark

Tell me what did they do just when

Everything, everything looked so dark?

Man I said, you've got to

Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive

And eliminate the negative

And hang on to the affirmative

And don't mess, don't mess with

Mister In-Between, no, no, don't mess

Oh baby I said don't mess, you better

Not mess with Mister in-between, yeah