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Accentuate the Positive is a song originally by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen. It has been covered by the Mountain Goats during at least one live show.

Lyrics[]

You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mr. In-Between
You've got to spread joy out to the maximum
Keep gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium
Likely to burst upon the scene
To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
What did they do just when everything seemed so dark?
They said, man you gotta accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mr. In-Between 
Nah, don't mess with Mr. In-Between
I mean, don't mess with Mr. In-Between

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]

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