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