Ac-Cen-Tchu-Ate the Positive
Composer(s): Johnny Mercer - Harold Arlen
First performance/First recording by: Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts - 1944/Oscar Peterson - 1954
Covered by multiple other artists



You've gotta ac-cen-tchu-ate the positive, eli-mi-nate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with Mister In-between
You gotta spread joy up to the maximum, bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium's li'ble to walk upon the scene
To illustrate my last remark, Jonah in the whale, Noah in the Ark
What did theyou do just when everything looked so dark
Man, they said we better
Ac-cen-tchu-ate the positive, eli-mi-nate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with Mister In-between
Don't mess with Mister In-between