Gather 'round me, everybody
Gather 'round me while I'm preachin'
Feel a sermon comin' on me
The topic will be sin
.
And that's what I'm a sayin'
If you wanna hear my story
Then settle back and just sit tight
While I start reviewin'
The attitude of doin' right

You've got to accentuate the positive
.
Eliminate the negative
And 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's
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'd better accentuate the positive")
("Eliminate the negative")
("And latch on to the affirmative")
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
(No!)
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
(Ya got to spread joy up to the maximum)
(Bring gloom down to the minimum)
.

(Have faith or pandemonium's)
(Liable to walk upon the scene)

You got to ac (yes, yes) -cent-tchu-ate the positive
Eliminate (yes, yes) the negative
And latch (yes, yes) on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
No, don't mess with Mister In-Between

.
JOHNNY MERCER and the PIED PIPERS

5 comments:

Rimshot said...

Well, that one'll be running through my head all evening! ;-P

katherine. said...

mine too.

we sang that in fifth grade glee club.

Mel said...

Oh, but what a great one to get stuck!

Thank you bunches! :-)

<-- means that!

Dave said...

Excuse me. Sermons are my province.

Mel said...

According to some, lectures are mine.

*shrugs*
I admit--I can get 'on a roll'.

*humming happily*