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 want to

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 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'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

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