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 defence
'Cause I'm feeling
Like a criminal,
And I need
To be redeemed
To the one
I've sinned against.
(...)
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;
I've got to cleanse myself
Of all these lies till
I'm good enough for...
I've 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 defence
'Cause I'm feeling
Like a criminal,
And I need
To be redeemed
To the one
I've sinned against
(...)
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 defence
'Cause I'm feeling
Like a criminal,
And I need
To be redeemed
To the one
I've sinned against.
(...)