You've got to ac - cen - tu - ate the positive,
E - lim - in - ate the negative,
And latch on to the af - fir - ma - tive,
Don't mess with Mister In-Between.
You've got to spread joy up to the max - i - mum
Bring gloom down to the min - i - mum
Have faith or pan - de - mo - ni - um's
Li'ble to walk upon the scene.
To il - lus - trate my last re - mark
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark.
What did they do just when ev' - ry - thing looked so dark?
Man, they said "We'd bet - ter ac - cen - tu - ate the positive
"E - lim - in - ate the negative
"And latch on to the affirmative --
Don't mess with Mister In-Between, no, no,
Don't mess with Mister In-Between.