Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

You got to accentuate the positive
 And eliminate the negative
 And latch on to the affirmative
 But don't mess with Mr. In-between
 You got to spread joy up to the maximum
 And bring gloom down to the minimum
 And have faith or pandemonium
 Liable to walk up on 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, they said
 We've got to accentuate the positive
 And eliminate the negative
 And hang on to that affirmative
 But don't mess with Mr. 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, they said
 We've got to accentuate the positive
 And eliminate the negative
 And hang on to that affirmative
 But don't mess, don't mess with Mr. In-between
 No, no, no, don't mess
 Oh, baby, I said don't mess
 You better not
 Don't mess with Mr. In-between, yeah