Effect And Cause Lyrics - The White Stripes

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