Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Position

Gather 'round me, everybody

Gather 'round me while I preach some

Feel a sermon comin' on me

The topic will be sin and that's what I'm agin

If you wanna hear my story

Then settle back and just sit tight

While I start reviewing

The attitude of doin' right

You've got to Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the positive

Eliminate the negative

And latch on to the affirmative

Don't mess with Mister 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

Just when everything looked so dark?

Man, they said we'd better Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the positive

Eliminate the negative

And latch on to the affirmative

Don't mess with Mister In-between

No, don't mess with Mister In-between

You got to spread joy up to the maximum

Bring gloom down to the minimum

And have faith or pandemonium

Liable to walk upon the scene

You got to Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the positive

Eliminate the negative

And latch on to the affirmative

Don't mess with Mister In-between

No, don't mess with Mister In-between