The White Stripes – Effect And Cause (Ukulele)

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I guess you have to have a problem if you want to invent a contraption

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First You Cause a train wreck, then you put me in traction

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First came an action, then a reaction

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But you can't switch around for your own satisfaction

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Well you burnt my house down, then got mad at my reaction

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Well in every complicated situation of the human relation

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To make sense of it all, takes a whole lotta concentration

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Well you can blame a baby, for her pregnant ma'

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And if theres one of these unavoidable laws

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It's that you just can't take the effect and make it the cause

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You can't take the effect, and make it the cause

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I did't rob a bank, because you made up the law

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Blame me for robbing Peter, don't you blame Paul

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You can't take the effect and make it the cause

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I ain't the reason that you gave me no reason to return your call

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You built a house of cards and got shocked when you saw them fall

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Well, I ain't saying I'm innocent, in fact the reverse

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But if you're headed to the grave, you don't blame the hearse

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You're like a little girl yelling at her brother 'cause you lost his ball

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Well you keep blaming me for what you did, and that ain't all

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The way you clean up a wreck is enough to give one pause

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You seem to forget just how this all started

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I'm reacting to you because you left me broken hearted

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See, you just can't take the effect and make it the cause

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You can't take the effect, and make it the cause

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I didn't rob a bank, becuase you made up the law

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Blame me for robbing Peter, dont you blame Paul

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You can't take the effect, and make it the cause