I've been a bad, bad girl

I've been careless with a delicate man

And it's a sad, sad world

When a girl will break a boy

Just because she can



Don't you tell me to deny it

I've done wrong and I wanna suffer for my sins

I've come to you cause I need guidance to be true

And I just don't know where I can begin



What I need is a good defense

Cause I'm feelin' like a criminal

And I need to be redeemed

To the one I've sinned against

Because he's all I ever knew of love



Heaven help me for the way I am

Save me from these evil deeds before I get them done

I know tomorrow brings the consequence at hand

But I keep livin' this day

Like the next will never come



Oh help me, but don't tell me to deny it

I've got to cleanse myself 

Of all these lies til I'm good enough for him

I've got a lot to lose 

And I'm bettin' high so I'm beggin' you 

Before it ends

Just tell me where to begin



What I need is a good defense

Cause I'm feelin' like a criminal

And I need to be redeemed

To the one I've sinned against

Because he's all I ever knew of love



Let me know the way

Before there's hell to pay

Give me room to lay the law and let me go

I've got to make a play

To make my lover stay

So what would an angel say

The devil wants to know



What I need is a good defense

Cause I'm feelin' like a criminal

And I need to be redeemed

To the one I've sinned against

Because he's all I ever knew of love