Gather around me
Everybody
Gather around me
While I preach some
Feel the sermon
Coming on me
The topic will be sin
And that was I'm against
If you wanna hear my story
Then settle back and just sit tight
While I start reviewing
The attitude of doing right
You've got to accent-uate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
You've got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium
Liable to walk upon 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?
Man, they said we better accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative,
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
No, don't mess with Mister In-Between!
You've got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the scene
You've got to accent-uate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
No, don't mess with Mister In-Between!
[00:00.780][Overture]
[00:11.469]Gather around me
[00:14.544]Everybody
[00:17.437]Gather around me
[00:19.993]While I preach some
[00:22.840]Feel the sermon
[00:25.350]Coming on me
[00:29.305]The topic will be sin
[00:31.039]And that was I'm against
[00:34.153]If you wanna hear my story
[00:40.140]Then settle back and just sit tight
[00:45.477]While I start reviewing
[00:48.595]The attitude of doing right
[00:53.300][Main verse]
[00:59.742]You've got to accent-uate the positive
[01:04.712]Eliminate the negative
[01:08.389]Latch on to the affirmative
[01:12.273]Don't mess with Mister In-Between
[01:15.374]You've got to spread joy up to the maximum
[01:20.076]Bring gloom down to the minimum
[01:23.923]Have faith or pandemonium
[01:27.776]Liable to walk upon the scene
[01:31.019]To illustrate my last remark:
[01:34.388]Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
[01:38.693]What did they do
[01:40.608]Just when everything looked so dark?
[01:45.476]Man, they said we better accentuate the positive
[01:50.971]Eliminate the negative
[01:54.864]Latch on to the affirmative,
[01:58.699]Don't mess with Mister In-Between
[02:01.519]No, don't mess with Mister In-Between!
[02:05.998]You've got to spread joy up to the maximum
[02:10.166]Bring gloom down to the minimum
[02:14.005]Have faith or pandemonium
[02:17.858]Liable to walk upon the scene
[02:21.114]You've got to accent-uate the positive
[02:25.572]Eliminate the negative
[02:29.425]Latch on to the affirmative
[02:33.214]Don't mess with Mister In-Between
[02:36.129]No, don't mess with Mister In-Between!