Released: October 11, 2010
Songwriter: Harold Arlen Johnny Mercer
Producer: Michael Omartian
Gather 'round me everybody
Gather 'round me while I preach some
There's a sermon comin' on me
The subject will be sin
And that's what I'm again
If you want to hear my story
Then settle back and just sit tight
While I start reviewing
The attitude of doing 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
And 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 gotta accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative"
But don't you mess with Mister In-between
Don't mess with Mister In-between
Leave him alone
He's gone, he's gone
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 better accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative"
Don't you mess with Mister In-between
No, don't mess with Mister In-between
No, don't mess with Mister In-between
Don't you mess with Mister In-between
Leave him alone
Gather 'round me while I preach some
There's a sermon comin' on me
The subject will be sin
And that's what I'm again
If you want to hear my story
Then settle back and just sit tight
While I start reviewing
The attitude of doing 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
And 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 gotta accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative"
But don't you mess with Mister In-between
Don't mess with Mister In-between
Leave him alone
He's gone, he's gone
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 better accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative"
Don't you mess with Mister In-between
No, don't mess with Mister In-between
No, don't mess with Mister In-between
Don't you mess with Mister In-between
Leave him alone
more tracks from the album
Bold as Brass
- I Just Want to Make Love to You
- When I Take My Sugar to Tea
- Accentuate the Positive
- (Up a) Lazy River
- Night and Day
- Love Me or Leave Me
- Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
- I’ve Got You Under My Skin
- They Can’t Take That Away from Me
- Teach Me Tonight
- Let’s Fall in Love
- I Didn’t Know What Time It Was
- Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
- Everytime We Say Goodbye
From the album
- Bold as Brass (2010)
Cliff Richard popular songs
- Congratulations
- Devil Woman
- Visions
- We Don’t Talk Anymore
- Ocean Deep
- Shine, Jesus, Shine
- Constantly
- Mistletoe & Wine
- Fall In Love With You
- Sunny Honey Girl
- Climbing Up Mount Everest
- If You Walked Away
- Mr. Businessman
- Can’t Keep This Feeling In
- They Can’t Take That Away from Me
- One Fine Day
- All Out of Love
- True Love Ways
- Shame on You
- Scarlet Ribbons
- Always Guaranteed
- Butterfly Kisses
- Free
- Now You See Me, Now You Don’t