You've got to ac - cen - tu - ate 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 min imum Have faith or pandemon um's Li'ble to walk upon the scene Bridge To illustrate my last remark Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark. What did they do just when ev'rything looked so dark Man, they said "We'd better ac - cen - tu - ate the positive Eliminate the negative And latch on to the affirmative Don't mess with Mister In-Between, no, no Don't mess with Mister In-Between"