Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative   Accentuate the positive, an' latch on      You gotta accentuate the positive   Eliminate the negative an' latch on to the affirmative   Don't mess with Mister In Between      You gotta spread joy up to the maximum   Bring gloom down to the minimum   An' have faith, amen, or pandemonium's   Liable to walk upon the scene, amen      To illustrate my last remark   Jonah in the whale, Noah in the arc   An' what did they do, what did they do?   Just when everything looked so dark?   What did they, what did they, what did they do?      Man, they said, "You better accentuate the positive   Eliminate the negative an' latch on   To the affirmative, don't mess with Mister In Between   No, don't you mess with Mister In Between"      To illustrate his last remark   Jonah in the whale, Noah in the arc   An' what did they do, what did they do?   Just when everything looked so dark?   What did they do, what did they do?      Man, they said, "You better accentuate the positive   Eliminate the negative an' latch on   To the affirmative, don't mess with Mister In Between   No, don't mess with Mister In Between   No, don't you mess with Mister In Between   No, don't mess with Mister In Between"