Nellie McKay - Accentuate the Positive lyrics

You've got to accent tuate the positive
Elim-minate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mr in-Between

You got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith, or pandemonium's
Liable to walk upon the scene

To illustrate my last remark
Jonah and the whale noah and the ark
What did they do
Just when everything looked so dark?
Man, they said, we'd better
Accent tuate the positive
Elim-minate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mr in-Between
No, don't mess with Mr in-Between

To illustrate my last remark
Jonah and the whale noah and the ark
What did they do
Just when everything looked so dark?
Man, they said, we'd better

A-a-a-h-ccentuate the positive
Elim-minate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mr in-Between
No, don't mess with Mr in-Between nice hat!