I guess you have to have a problem if you want to invent a contraption
But you cause a train wreck, then they put me in traction, uhhh...
Well, first came an action and then a reaction
But you can't switch 'em round for your own satisfaction
Well, you burned my house down and got mad at my reaction

Well, in every complicated situation of a human relation
Makin' sense of it all takes a whole lot of oncentration, hmmm...
Well, you can't blame a baby for her pregnant ma'
And if there's one of these on the border for laws
Well, you just can't take the effect and make it the cause, no...

Well, you can't take the effect and make it the cause
I didn't rob a bank because you made up the law
Blame me for robbing Peter, but don't you blame Paul?
Can't take the effect and make it the cause

I ain't the reason that you gave me no reason to return your call
You built a house of cards and got shocked when you saw them fall, ah, yeah...
Well, I ain't saying I'm innocent, in fact the reverse
But if you're headed to the grave you don't blame the hearse
You're like a little girl yelling at her brother 'cause you lost his ball, yeah

Well, you keep blaming me for what you did, but that ain't all
The way you clean up a wreck is enough to give one pause, yes...
Well, you seem to forget just how this song started
I'm reacting to you because you left me broken hearted
See, you just can't take the effect and make it the cause

Well, you can't take the effect and make it the cause
I didn't rob a bank because you made up the law
Blame me for robbing Peter, but don't you blame Paul?
Can't take the effect and make it the cause

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