Johnny Mercer — Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

[Intro: Johnny Mercer] Gather 'round me, everybody Gather 'round me while I preach some Feel a sermon coming on here The topic will be sin And that's what I'm agin' If you wanna hear my story Then settle back and just sit tight While I start reviewing The attitude of doing right [Chorus: Johnny Mercer] You gotta ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive E-lim-i-nate the negative And 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 Liable to walk upon the scene [Verse: Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers] To illustrate my 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 [Chorus: Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers] Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive E-lim-i-nate the negative And latch on to the affirmative Don't mess with Mr. In-Between No, don't mess with Mr. In-Between You gotta spread joy up to the maximum Bring gloom down to the minimum And have faith, or pandemonium Liable to walk upon the scene [Outro: Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers] You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive E-lim-i-nate the negative And latch on to the affirmative Don't mess with Mr. In-Between No, don't mess with Mr. In-Between