Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive Lyrics - Oscar Peterson

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 want to hear my story 

The 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 

(Ya 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) 

You got to ac (yes, yes) -cent-tchu-ate the positive 

Eliminate (yes, yes) the negative 

And latch (yes, yes) on to the affirmative 

Don't mess with Mister In-Between 

No, don't mess with Mister In-Between 

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