Accentuate the Positive

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 ag'in' If you wanna hear my story The settle back and just sit tight While I start reviewin' The attitude of doin' right 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 a minimum Have faith or pandemonium's 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 you better accentuate the positive Eliminate the negative Latch on to the affirmative 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 you 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 No, don't mess with Mister In-Between He's the devil, if you know what I mean