| You’ve got to accentuate the positive
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| Eliminate the negative
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| Latch on to the affirmative
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| Don’t mess with Mister In-Between
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| You’ve got to spread joy up to the maximum
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| Bring gloom down to the minimum
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| Have faith or pandemonium
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| Liable to walk upon the scene
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| (To illustrate his last remark
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| Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
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| What did they do
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| Just when everything looked so dark)
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| Man, they said we better
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| Accentuate the positive
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| Eliminate the negative
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| Latch on to the affirmative
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| Don’t mess with Mister In-Between
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| No, do not mess with Mister In-Between
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| Do you hear me, hmm?
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| (Oh, listen to me children and-a you will hear
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| About the elininatin' of the negative
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| And the accent on the positive)
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| And gather 'round me children if you’re willin'
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| And sit tight while I start reviewin'
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| The attitude of doin' right
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| (You've gotta accentuate the positive
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| Eliminate the negative
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| Latch on to the affirmative
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| Don’t mess with Mister In-Between)
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| You’ve got to spread joy (up to the maximum)
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| Bring gloom (down) down to the minimum
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| Otherwise (otherwise) pandemonium
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| Liable to walk upon the scene
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| To illustrate (well illustrate) my last remark (you got the floor)
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| Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
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| What did they say (what did they say)
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| Say when everything looked so dark
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| Man, they said we better
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| Accentuate the positive
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| Eliminate the negative
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| Latch on to the affirmative
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| Don’t mess with Mister In-Between
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| No! | 
| Don’t mess with Mister In-Between |