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 can break a boy
Just because she can.

Don't you tell me to deny it,
I've done wrong and I want to
Suffer for my sins.
 [bad word] to you 'cause I need
Guidance to be [bad word] 
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 sinned against
Because he was 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 [bad word] 

Oh, help me, but don't tell me to deny it.
I've got to cleanse myself
Of all these lies till 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 sinned against
Because he was all I ever knew of love.

Let me know the way
Before there's [bad word] 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 sinned against
Because he was all I ever knew of love.