Fiona Apple-Criminal lyrics

I`ve been a bad bad girl,
I`ve been careless with a delicate man.
And its a sad sad world,
When a girl can break a boy
Just because she can.

Don`t 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 don`t know where I can begin.

What I need is a good defense
cause I`m feeling 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 living this day like
The next will never come.

Oh, help me, but don`t tell me
To deny it.
Ive got to cleanse myself.
Of all these lies till I`m good
Enough for him.
Ive got a lot to lose and I`m
Betting high
So I`m begging you before it ends
Just tell me where to begin.
What I need is a good defense
cause I`m feeling 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 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 I`m feeling 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 I`m feeling like a criminal.
And I need to be redeemed
To the one I sinned against
Because he was all I ever knew of love.