[Verse]
You've got to accentuate the positive
And 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
Have faith or pandemonium'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?
They said you've got to accentuate the positive
And eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with mister in-between

[Outro]
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
What did they do just when everything looked so dark?
They said you've got to accentuate the positive
And eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
And don't mess with mister in-between
Don't mess with mister in-between