You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
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 pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the scene

To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale, and Noah in the ark
What did they do
Just when everything seemed so dark?

Man they said we gotta
Accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between

To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale, and Noah in the ark
What did they do
Just when everything seemed so dark?

Man they said we'd better
Accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between

Oh no, hmm girl
No way, it's way
Too dark, for you
Don't mess with Mister In-Between