Effect and Cause

[Verse 1] I guess you have to have a problem, if you want to invent a contraption First you cause a train wreck then they put me in traction, mmm Well, first came an action and then a reaction But you can't switch 'em 'round for your own satisfaction Well you burnt my house down then got mad at my reaction Well in every complicated situation of a human relation Makin' sense of it all takes a whole lotta concentration, mmm Well you can't blame a baby for her pregnant ma And if there's one of these unavoidable laws It's that you just can't take the effect and make it the cause, no [Chorus] 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 robbin' Peter but don't you blame Paul Can't take the effect and make it the cause [Verse 2] 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, 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 yellin' at her brother 'cause you lost his ball, yes 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 all started I'm reactin' to you because you left me brokenhearted See you just can't just take the effect and make it the cause [Chorus] 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 robbin' Peter but don't you blame Paul Can't take the effect and make it the cause