Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive

You've got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive and

E-li-mi-nate the negative and

Hang on to the affirmative

But don't mess with Mr. In-between

You've got to spread joy up to the maximum and

Bring gloom down to the minimum and

Have faith or pandemonium

Is liable to walk upon the scene

To illustrate, our last remark

Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark

Tell me what did they do

Just when everything looked so dark?

Man, they say you've got to

Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive and

E-li-mi-nate the negative and

Hang on to the 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 looked so dark?

Man, they say you've got to

Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive and

E-li-mi-nate the negative and

Hang on to the affirmative

But don't mess, don't mess with Mr. In-between

No, no, no don't mess

I say, I say don't mess

You better not

Don't mess with Mr. In-between