You've got to accentuate the positive And eliminate the negative And latch on to the affirmative Don't mess with Mr. In-Between You've got to spread joy up to the maximum And bring gloom down to the minimum And have faith or pandemonium Liable to walk upon 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 Man, they said we've got to Accentuate the positive And eliminate the negative And hang on to that affirmative But don't mess with Mr. In-Between To illustrate my last remark Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark Tell me, what did they do ? Just when everything, everything looked so dark Man, they said we've got to Accentuate the positive And eliminate the negative And hang on to that affirmative But don't mess, don't mess with Mr. In-Between No no no don't mess. Oh, baby I said don't mess You better don't mess with Mr. In-Between