[Intro]
Gather 'round me, everybody
Gather 'round me while I preach some
I feel a sermon comin' on me
The topic will be sin
And that's what I'm against
If you wanna hear my story
Then settle back and just sit tight
While I start reviewing
The attitude of doing right

[Chorus]
You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
And e-lim-i-nate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
And don't mess with Mister In-Between

[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
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 better
[Chorus]
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
And e-lim-i-nate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
And don't mess with Mister In-Between

[Verse 3]
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 better

[Chorus]
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
And e-lim-i-nate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
And don't mess with Mister In-Between
No don't mess with mister In-Between
Baby, don't mess with Mister In-Between