Accentuate the Positive - Nellie McKay

You’ve got to accentuate the positive

Eliminate the negative

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

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 better accentuate the positive

Eliminate the negative

Latch on to the affirmative

Don’t mess with Mister In-Between

No, don’t mess with Mister In-Between!

Oh yeah!

I’m fine