[Verse 1]

            
  I've been a 

      
bad, bad girl,
            
  I've been ca

              
reless with a 


delicate man.
            
  And it's a s

     
ad, sad world,

  When a girl 

will break a b

oy

Just because s

he can.


[Pre-Chorus]

           
 Don't you tel

          
l me to deny i

t,
          
I've done wron

g and I want t

o
          
Suffer for my 

sins.
             
  I've come to

 
 you cause I n

eed
           
Guidance to be

 
 true
            
And I just don

              
't know where 

        
I can begin.


[Chorus]

            
What I need is

   
 a good defens

e
            
'Cause I'm fee

              
lin' like a cr

  
iminal.
      
And I need to 

be redeemed
           
To the one I s

          
inned against
              
Because he was

         
 all I ever kn

      
ew of love.


[Verse 2]

            
  Heaven help 

           
me for the way

 I am.
            
Save me from t

    
hese evil deed

s.
  
Before I get t

hem done.
            
  I know tomor

              
row brings the

 
 consequence a

t hand.
            
But I keep liv

         
in' this day l

ike
    
The next will 

never come.


[Pre-Chorus]

             
Oh, help me, b

            
ut don't tell 

        
me to deny it.
            
I've got to cl

eanse myself.
            
Of all these l

             
ies till I'm g


ood enough for

 him.
           
 I've got a lo

              
t to lose and 

    
I'm bettin' hi

gh
            
So I'm beggin'

       
 you before it

 ends
              
Just tell me w

          
here to begin.


[Chorus]

            
What I need is

   
 a good defens

e
            
'Cause I'm fee

              
lin' like a cr

  
iminal.
      
And I need to 

be redeemed
           
To the one I s

          
inned against
              
Because he was

         
 all I ever kn

      
ew of love.


[Bridge]

           
    Let me kno


w the way
           
    Before the

      
re's hell to p

ay.
            
    Give me ro

           
om to lay the 


law and let me

 go.
            
    I've got t

    
o make a play
           
    To make my

 
 lover stay.
            
    So, what w

        
ould an angel 

say?
    
The devil want

s to know.


[Chorus]

            
  What I need 

     
is a good defe

nse
            
'Cause I'm fee

              
lin' like a cr

  
iminal.
      
And I need to 

be redeemed
           
To the one I'v

             
e sinned again


st
              
Because he was

         
 all I ever kn

      
ew of love.

            
What I need is

   
 a good defens

e
            
'Cause I'm fee

              
lin' like a cr

  
iminal.
      
And I need to 

be redeemed
           
To the one I s

          
inned against
              
Because he was

         
 all I ever kn

            
ew of looooooo

         
ooooove. Love


[Outro]