Now, children,
it's time for a little learning time.
Here's a guy by the name of
Johnny Mercer,
who gave us a little bit of philosophy
that I'd like to teach you.
You've got to accentuate the positive
and eliminate the negative
and latch on!
Yes!
You've got to accentuate the positive
and eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative,
don't mess with Mr. Inbetween
You've got to spread joy
up to the maximum
and bring gloom down
to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium
is liable to walk upon the scene
To illustrate my last remark,
Jonah in the well, Noah in the ark
What did they do,
just when everything looked
so dark?
Man, they said we better
accentuate the positive
an d eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative,
don't mess with Mr. Inbetween
No, don't mess with Mr. 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?
Man, they said we'd better accentuate
the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mr. In -between
No, don't mess with Mr. In between