Gather round us,
everybody.
Gather round us while we preach some.
Feel a sermon coming on us.
The topic we'll be saying,
and that's what we're again.
If you want to hear our story
then settle back and just sit tight while we start
reviewing the attitude of doing right.
Let's tell the people about the attitude.
I think you ought to spread the news.
Shall I lead off?
You got to act, sin,
you ain't the positive,
heal him, mine ain't the negative,
latch on to the affirmative,
don't mess
With Mr. In -Between, go!
You've got to spread ya
Up to the maximum,
bring Kalooma down to the minimum
Have faith
A pandemonium's liable
To walk upon the sea
To illustrate
That last remark
Jonah in the whale
Noah in the ark
What did they do?
Tell me about it
Just when everything seems so dark
Man, they said we'd better
Accentuate the positive
E -liminate the negative,
latch on to the affirmative,
don't mess with Mr. Inbetween.
You gotta
accentuate the positive,
E -liminate the negative,
latch on to the affirmative,
don't mess with Mr. Inbetween.
You gotta insist upon the favorable
shrugs of the undesirable
Evaluate the possible,
believe the light you gotta dream
You gotta join up with happy optim ists
Break loose from
gloomy pessimists
Just be your own psychologist
Find out what living like can mean
You gotta spread joy
up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium
Live up to walk upon the scene
To illustrate that last remark
Take Jonah and the whale
Then Noah and the ox
What did they do?
Oh, hold the train
Just when everything looked so dark
The way I see it
Then they said we'd better act
Satuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the other money
Don't mess with Mr. Inbetween
No, don't mess with Mr. Inbetween