I guess you have to have a probelm
If you want to ´vent a contraption
Well you cause a trainwreck
And then you put me in traction
First came an action
And then a reaction
But you can´t switch around
For your own satisfaction
Well you burnt my house down
And then got mad at my reaction

Well in every complicated situation
There´s a human relation
To make sense of it all
Take a whole lot of concentration
Well you can´t blame her baby
For her pregnant ma
And if there´s one of these
On her auto applause

It´s just that you can´t just 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
Cos you made up the law
Blame me for robbing peter
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
Well I ain´t saying I´m innocent
In fact the reverse
But if your heading to the grave
Don´t blame the hearse
You´re like a little girl yelling at her brother
Cos you lost his ball

You keep blaming me for what you did
And that ain´t all
The way you clean up the wreck
Is enough to give one pause
You seem to forget just how this song started
I´m reacting to you
Cos you left me broken hearted

It´s just that you can´t just 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
Cos you made up the law
Blame me for robbing peter
Don´t you blame paul
Can´t take the effect
And make it the cause