( Ac-cent-thu-ate the positive,

e-lim-inate the negative,

ac-cent-thu-ate the positive, an' latch on! )



You gotta accent-thu-ate the positive,

E-lim-inate 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!



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 accent-thu-ate the positive,

E-lim-inate the negative,

An' latch on

To the affirmative

Don't mess with Mister in-between!

No, don't 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 accent-thu-ate the positive,

E-lim-inate 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!