You got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mr. In-between
You got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the scene

To illustrate this last remark
Jonah in the whale, Noah in The Ark
What did they do
When everything just looked dark? They said
"Man, you got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mr. In-between"

You got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on, latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mr. In-between
You got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the scene
To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale, Noah in The Ark
What did they do
When everything just looked dark? They said
"You got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mr. In-between"

Accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mr. In-between
Accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mr. In-between
Accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mr. In-between