Accentuate The Positive

Lyrics

"Bee-ooh-wee-ee-ee-ooh, wee-ee-ee-ooh, wee-ee-ee-ooh, wee-ee-ee-ooh, wee-ee-ooh" ("Doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, wee, doop") You've got to accentuate the positive And eliminate the negative And latch on to the affirmative And don't mess with Mister In-Between You've got to spread joy up to the maximum And bring gloom down to the minimum And have faith or pandemonium Liable to walk upon the scene To illustrate her last remark Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark What did they do Just when everything looked so dark Man, they said you better, accentuate the positive Eliminate the negative And latch on to the affirmative Don't mess with Mister In-Between No, do not mess with Mister In-Between Now listen to me children and you will hear [Spoken] About eliminating the negative And accenting that positive [Sung] And gather round me children if you're willing And sit tight while I start reviewing The attitude of doing it right You've got to accentuate the positive And eliminate the negative And latch on to the affirmative And don't mess with Mister In-Between You've got to spread joy (up to) up to the maximum Bring gloom, (down) down to the minimum And then [Spoken] Otherwise [Sung] Otherwise pandemonium Liable to walk upon the scene To illustrate (well illustrate) her last remark (you've got the floor) (Jonah) Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark (and the whale) What did they say (what did they say) Say when everything looked so dark Man, they said we better accentuate the positive And eliminate the negative And latch on to the affirmative And don't mess with Mister In-Between No, don't mess with Mister In-Between