Accentuate the Positive

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" --- Accentuate The Positive - Perry Como