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Brother and sister, be seated
Gather 'round me, everybody
Gather 'round me while I'm preachin'
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 Mister In-Between
You've got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium's
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'd better accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between (No!)
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And 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's
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'd better accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between (No!)
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
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