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Gather 'round me, everybody
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Gather 'round me while I'm preachin'
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Feel a sermon comin' on me
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The topic will be sin and that's what I'm ag'in'
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If you wanna hear my story
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The settle back and just sit tight
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While I start reviewin'
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The attitude of doin' right
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You've got to accentuate 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 minimum
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Have faith or pandemonium's
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Liable 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 everything looked so dark?
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(Man, they said "We'd better accentuate 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!)
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Don't mess with Mister In-Between
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(Ya got to spread joy up to the maximum)
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(Bring gloom down to the minimum)
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(Have faith or pandemonium's)
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(Liable to walk upon the scene)
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You got to ac (yes, yes) -cent-tchu-ate the positive
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Eliminate (yes, yes) the negative
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And latch (yes, yes) on to the affirmative
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Don't mess with Mister In-Between
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No, don't mess with Mister In-Between
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Accentuate The Positive
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Artie Shaw |