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[Verse 1]
A I guess you Ahave to have a problem
If you Ewant to invent a contrapAtion
First you cause a train wreck
Then you put me in tracEtion
Well Afirst came an action
And then a reaction
But you Dcan't switch around
For your own satisfaction
Well you Aburnt my house down
Then got Emad at my reaAction
[Verse 2]
Well in Aevery complicated situEation
There's a human relaAtion
Making sense of it all
Take a whole lot of concentraEtion
Well you can Ablame the baby
For her pregnant ma
And if Dthere's one of these unavoidable laws
It's that you Ajust can't take the effectE and make it the cauAse
[Chorus]
Well you can't Dtake the effect
And make it the cause
I didn't Arob a bank because you made up the law
Blame Dme for robbing peter
Don't you blame Paul
Can't Atake the effect
And make it the cause
[Interlude]
A E A I ain't the Areason that you gave me
[Verse 3]
No Ereason to return your caAll
You built a house of cards
And got shocked when you saw them fall E
Well I ain't Asaying I'm innocent
In fact the reverse
But if your Dheading to the grave you
Don't blame the hearse
You're like a Alittle girl yelling at her Ebrother
Cause you lost his baAll
[Verse 4]
You keep Ablaming me for what you did E
And that ain't aAll
The way you clean up the wreck
Is enough to give one Epause
You Aseem to forget just how this song started
I'm reDacting to you because you left me broken hearted
See you Ajust can't take the effectE and make it the cauAse
[Chorus]
Well you can't Dtake the effect
And make it the cause
I didn't Arob a bank because you made up the law
Blame Dme for robbing peter
Don't you blame Paul
Can't Atake the effect
And make it the cause A
