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