Accentuate The Positive Lyrics - Perry Como

Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative 

Accentuate the positive, an' latch on 

You gotta accentuate the positive 

Eliminate 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, amen 

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 accentuate the positive 

Eliminate the negative an' latch on 

To the affirmative, don't mess with Mister In Between 

No, don't you 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 accentuate the positive 

Eliminate 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"