Ac-cent-tu-ate The PositiveCifra

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You've got to ac - cen - tu - ate the positive 
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Eliminate the negative 
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And latch on to the affirmative 
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Don't mess with Mister In-Between 
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You've got to spread joy up to the maximum 
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Bring gloom  down to the min imum 
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Have faith   or pandemon um's 
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Li'ble to walk upon the scene 

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To illustrate  my last remark 
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Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark. 
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What did they do just when ev'rything looked so dark 
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Man, they said 'We'd better ac - cen - tu - ate the positive 
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Eliminate the negative 
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And latch on to the affirmative 
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Don't mess with Mister In-Between, no, no  
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Don't mess with Mister In-Between'