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 his last remark   Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark   What did they do   Just when everything looked so dark)      Man, they said we better   Accentuate the positive   Eliminate the negative   Latch on to the affirmative   Don't mess with Mister In-Between   No, do not mess with Mister In-Between   Do you hear me, hmm?      (Oh, listen to me children and-a you will hear   About the elininatin' of the negative   And the accent on the positive)   And gather 'round me children if you're willin'   And sit tight while I start reviewin'   The attitude of doin' right      (You've gotta 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) down to the minimum   Otherwise (otherwise) pandemonium   Liable to walk upon the scene      To illustrate (well illustrate) my last remark (you got the floor)   Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark   What did they say (what did they say)   Say when everything looked so dark      Man, they said we better   Accentuate the positive   Eliminate the negative   Latch on to the affirmative   Don't mess with Mister In-Between   No! Don't mess with Mister In-Between