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   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 in all the human relation   Makin' sense of it all takes a whole lotta concentration   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      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      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 sayin' 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, yeah      Well, you keep blamin' 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 broken-hearted   See, you just can't take the effect and make it the cause      Well, 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