Gather 'round me, everybody,

Gather round me,

While I preach some,

Feel a sermon

Comin' on me;

The topic will be sin,

And that's what I'm ag'in';

If you wanna hear my story,

Then settle back and just sit tight,

While I start reviewin'

The attitude of doin' right.



You've got to accentuate the positive,

Eliminate the negative,

And latch on to the affirmative,

Don't mess with Mr. Inbetween.



You 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

My last remark:

Jonah in the whale,

Noah in the arc,

What did they do

Just when everything looked so dark?



Man, they said we better

Accentuate the positive,

Eliminate the negative,

And latch on to the affirmative,

Don't mess with Mr. Inbetween.

No, don't mess with Mr. Inbetween.



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.



You got to accentuate the positive,

Eliminate the negative,

And latch on to the affirmative,

Don't mess with Mr. Inbetween.

No, don't mess with Mr. Inbetween!