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
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

No disrespect to Jools and the great performance for Torville and Dean – but this version is the one that rocks the Plowman’s boat!