Lyrics:

Gather 'round me, everybody
Gather 'round me while I preach some
I feel a sermon comin' on me
The topic will be sin
And that's what I'm against
If you wanna hear my story
Then settle back and just sit tight
While I start reviewing
The attitude of doing right

You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
And e-lim-i-nate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
And 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 better

Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
And e-lim-i-nate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
And don't mess with Mister In-Between

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 better

Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
And e-lim-i-nate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
And don't mess with Mister In-Between
No don't mess with mister In-Between
Baby, don't mess with Mister In-Between