Cause and Effect

I can't laugh too hard, I'm on a diet

I'm trying to lose myself

You ought to try it

Just starve for six days straight

Oh, it's a riot

Every Sunday night

I binge and I barf

'Cause I carry the scars of an eight-year-old

Whose mother applied

The same rules to a kid's body

As her own

I think you'll leave me soon

Though I've no proof of it

But I'll make it easier for you

By being a little bitch

And this is just the fear

But I think the reason

Why I'm scared you'll croak is

The only male influence I've had

After daddy up and left

Were my mother's weekend lovers

And their alcoholic breaths

I'll tell you what caused it

If you'll handle the effects (the effects, the effects)

Yes, I'll tell you what caused it

If you'll handle the effects (the effects, the effects)

I'll tell you what caused it

If you'll handle the effects (the effects, the effects)

Yes, I'll tell you what caused it

If you'll handle the effects, ow!

I can't laugh too hard, I'm on a diet (there is a line though)

I'm trying to lose myself

You ought to try it (though in the draw)

Just starve for six days straight

Oh, it's a riot (oh-oh)

Every Sunday night

Cha-cha-cha