( 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!

• Accentuate The Positive
• Almost Like Being in Love
• Begin The Beguine
• Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea
• Birth of The Blues
• Come Rain or Come Shine
• Gypsy in My Soul
• I May Be Wrong
• It Could Happen to You
• It Had to Be You
• Like Someone in Love
• Little Man You've Had a Busy Day
• Love Letters
• Red Sails in The Sunset
• Twilight on The Trail
• Vaya Con Dios
• We Get Letters
• When I Fall in Love
• Whiffenpoof Song
• You Are Never Far Away from Me
• You Made Me Love You