Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive

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You've got to ac-cen - tuate the positive, elim - inate the negative

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Latch on to the af-firmative, don't mess with Mr. In Be-tween

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You've 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

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To illus-trate my last re-mark, Jonah in the whale, noah in the ark

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What did they do, just when everything looked so dark, man they said, we better

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ac-cen - tuate the positive, elim-inate the negative an'

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Latch on to the af-firmative, don't mess with Mr. In Be-tween, no,

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Don't mess with Mr. In Be-tween, (etc)