Ac‐cent‐tchu‐ate the Positive Songtext
von Sam Cooke

You′ve got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmitive
But don't mess with mister inbetween

You′ve got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minumum
Have faith, a pandemonium
Libel to walk up on 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

And they said we better
Accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affimitive
But don't mess with mister in between


You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmitive
But don′t mess with mister inbetween

You′ve got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minumum
Have faith, a pandemonium
Libel to walk up on 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

And they said we better
Accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affimitive
But don't mess with mister in between
No, don′t mess with mister in between

(One more time)

To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the Whale, Noah in the ark
What did they do
Just when everything looked so dark


And they said we better
Accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affimitive
But don't mess with mister in between
No, don′t mess, don't mess
No, don′t mess with mister in between

(One more once)

To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the Whale, Noah in the ark
What did they do
Just when everything looked so dark

And they said we better
Accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affimitive
But don't mess with mister in between
No, no don't mess
Don′t mess, oh don′t mess with mister in between