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Youâve got to ac- cen - tuate the positive, elim - inate the negative
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Latch on to the af-firmative, donât mess with Mr. In Be-tween
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Youâve got to spread joy up to the maximum, bring gloom down to the minimum
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Have faith or pande-monium liable to walk upon the scene
To illus-trate my last re-mark, Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
What did they do, just when everything looked so dark, looked so dark, Man, they said:
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Youâve got to ac-cen - tuate the positive, elim - inate the negative anâ
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Latch on to the af-firmative, donât mess with Mr. In Be-tween, no,
Donât mess with Mr. In Be-tween, no, Donât mess...... with Mr. In Be-tween.