Gather 'round me while I'm preachin'
 Feel a sermon comin' on me
 The topic will be sin and that's what I'm ag'in'
 If you wanna hear my story
 The settle back and just sit tight
 While I start reviewin'
 The attitude of doin' right

 You've got to accentuate the positive
 Eliminate the negative
 And 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's
 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'd better accentuate the positive")
 ("Eliminate the negative")
 ("And latch on to the affirmative")
 Don't mess with Mister In-Between (No!)
 Don't mess with Mister In-Between

 (Ya got to spread joy up to the maximum) (Bring gloom down to the minimum) (Have faith or pandemonium's)
 (Liable to walk upon the scene)

 You got to ac  (yes, yes)   -cent-tchu-ate the positive
 Eliminate (yes, yes) the negative
 And latch (yes, yes) on to the affirmative
 Don't mess with Mister In-Between
 No, don't mess with Mister In-Between