Cause and Effect

I guess you have to have a probelm
if you want to invent a contraption
First you cause a trainwreck
then they 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

Well in every complicated situation
called the human relation
making sense of it all
takes a whole lot of concentration
Well you can't blame a baby
for her pregnant ma
and that there's one of these
unavoidable laws
that you just can't 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
because you made up the law
Blame me for robbing 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
Well I ain't saying 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 yelling at her brother
'cause you lost his ball

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
You seem to forget just how this all started
I'm reacting to you
because you left me broken hearted
See you just can't takt 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
because you made up the law
Blame me for robbing Peter
but don't you blame Paul
Can't take the effect
and make it the cause