Sam Cooke — Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

You've got to accentuate the positive Eliminate the negative Latch on to the affirmative But 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, a pandemonium Libel to walk up on the scene To illustrate my last remark Jonah in the Whale, Noah in the ark What did they do Just when everything looked so dark They said we better Accentuate the positive Eliminate the negative Latch on to the affirmative But don't mess with mister in-between But don't mess with mister in-between To illustrate my last remark Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark What did they do Just when everything looked so dark Don't mess, don't mess, don't mess With mister in-between With mister in-between