Ac - Cent - Tchu - Ate The Positive Lyrics - Singles - Harold Arlen

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 elininatin' 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