Effect And Cause

I guess you have to have a problemIf you want to invent a contraptionFirst you cause a train wreckThen you put me in tractionWell, first came an actionAnd then a reactionBut you can't switch aroundFor your own satisfactionWell, you put my house down, then got madAt my reactionWell, in every complicated situationYou're the human relationMakin' sense of it allTake a whole lot a concentrationWell, you can blame my babyFor her pregnant maAnd if there's one of theseOn the order for lawsIt's that you just can't take the effectAnd make it the causeWell, you can't take the effectAnd make it the causeI didn't rob a bankBecause you made up a lawWhen you people robbin' PeterDon't you blame PaulCan't take the effectAnd make it the causeI ain't the reason that you gave me no reason to return your callYou built a house of cards and got shocked when you saw them fallWell are you sayin' I'm innocent?In fact the reverseBut if you're headin' to the graveYou don't blame the hearseYou're like a little girl yellin' at her brother'Cause you lost his ballWell you keep blamin' me for what you didAnd that ain't allThe way you clean up a wreckIs enough to get one pauseYou seem to forgetJust how this song startedI'm reactin' to you because you left me broken-heartedSee, you just can't take the effectAnd make it the causeCan't take the effectAnd make it the causeI didn't rob a bankBecause you made up a lawBlame people robbin' PeterDon't you blame PaulCan't take the effectAnd make it the cause