Fiona Apple - Criminal lyrics

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 wanna 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 sinned against

Because he is 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 sinned against

because he is 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 sinned against

because he is all I ever knew of love