Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive

And e-lim-i-nate the negative

And latch on to the affirmative

But don't mess with Mr. In-between, ah

You got to spread joy up to the maximum

And bring gloom down to the minimum

And 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've got to accentuate the positive

And eliminate the negative

And hang on to the affirmative

But don't mess with Mr. In-between

To illustrate my last remark

Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark

What did they do, just when everything, everything looked so dark?

Man, they said[Chorus]

We've got to accentuate the positive

And eliminate the negative

And hang on to the affirmative

But don't mess, don't mess with Mr. In-between

No, no, no, don't mess

Oh, baby, I said don't mess

You better not

Don't mess with Mr. In-between, yeah