You've got to ac - cen - tu - ate the positive, - lim - in - ate the negative, And latch on to the af - fir - ma - tive, Don't mess with Mister In-Between. You've got to spread joy up to the max - i - mum Bring gloom down to the min - i - mum Have faith or pan - de - mo - ni - um's Li'ble to walk upon the scene. Bridge: To il - lus - trate my last re - mark Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark. What did they do just when ev' - ry - thing looked so dark? Man, they said "We'd bet - ter ac - cen - tu - ate the positive "E - lim - in - ate the negative "And latch on to the affirmative -- Don't mess with Mister In-Between, no, no, Don't mess with Mister In-Between."