Effect and Cause Lyrics

The White Stripes
"Effect and Cause"
From the album "Icky Thump"
If you have heard their cover of Loretta Lynn's "Rated X", it is very similar, strumming wise.
Intro: A E A
I guess you have to have a problem if you want to invent a contraption
First You Cause a train wreck, then you put me in traction
First came an action, then a reaction
But you can't switch around for your own satisfaction
Well you burnt my house down, then got mad at my reaction
Well in every complicated situation of the human relation
To make sense of it all, takes a whole lotta concentration
Well you can blame a baby, for her pregnant ma'
And if theres one of these unavoidable laws
It's that you just can't take the effect and make it the cause
You can't take the effect, and make it the cause
I did't rob a bank, because you made up the law
Blame me for robbing Peter, don't you blame Paul
You 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, and 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 take the effect and make it the cause
You can't take the effect, and make it the cause
I didn't rob a bank, becuase you made up the law
Blame me for robbing Peter, dont you blame Paul
You can't take the effect, and make it the cause
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