Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive (Remastered)

You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
E-lim-i-nate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
But don't mess with mister in between

You 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 got to

Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
E-lim-i-nate the negative
And hang on to the affirmative
But don't mess with mister 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 got to

Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
E-lim-i-nate the negative
And hang on to the affirmative
But don't mess, don't mess with mister in between
No, no, no, don't mess
Oh baby, I said don't mess
You better not
Don't mess with mister in between, yeah!