Effect and Cause

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I guess you have to have a problem if you want to invent a contraption First you cause a train wreck And then you put me in traction Well, first came an action And then a reaction But you can't switch 'em around for your own satisfaction Well, you burnt my house down, then got mad at my reaction [Verse 2] Well, in every complicated situation of a human relation Makin' sense of it all takes a whole lotta concentration Well, you can't blame the baby For her pregnant ma And if there's one of these unavoidable laws It's that you can't just 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 [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] 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 Well, I ain't saying I'm innocent In fact, the reverse But if you're heading to the grave, you don't blame the hearse You're like a little girl yellin' at her brother 'cause you lost his ball [Verse 4] 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 Well, you seem to forget just how this whole song 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