Ive been a bad bad girl,   Ive been careless with a delicate man.   And its a sad sad world,   When a girl can break a boy   Just because she can.      Dont you tell me to deny it,   Ive done wrong and I want to   Suffer for my sins.   Ive come to you cause I need   Guidance to be true   And I just dont know where I can begin.      What I need is a good defense   cause Im 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 never come.      Oh, help me, but dont tell me   To deny it.   Ive got to cleanse myself.   Of all these lies till Im good   Enough for him.   Ive got a lot to lose and im   Bettin high   So Im beggin you before it ends   Just tell me where to begin.   What I need is a good defense   cause Im 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 theres hell to pay.   Give me room to lay the law and let me go.      Ive got to make a play   To make my lover stay   So, what would an angel say?    cause the devil wants to know.      What I need is a good defense   cause Im 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.      What I need is a good defense   cause Im 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