Accentuate the Positive - Perry Como

(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!