Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

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?

Oh, listen to me children and-a you will hear

About the eliminatin' 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 to the minimum

Otherwise pandemonium

Liable to walk upon the scene

To illustrate my last remark

Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark

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

• Artist:Bing Crosby