gather round me everybody gather round me while i preach some i feel a sermon comin on me the topic will be sin and that s what i m against if you wanna hear my story then settle back and just sit tight while i start reviewing the attitude of doing right you got to ac cent tchu ate the positive and e lim i nate the negative and latch on to the affirmative and don t mess with mister in between you got to spread joy up to the maximum bring gloom down to the minimum have faith or pandemonium 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 better ac cent tchu ate the positive and e lim i nate the negative and latch on to the affirmative and don t mess with mister in between 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  ac cent tchu ate the positive and e lim i nate the negative and latch on to the affirmative and don t mess with mister in between no don t mess with mister in between baby don t mess with mister in between