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 can 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, ooh

What I need is a good defense
'Cause I'm feeling 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 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 sins before I get done
I've come to you 'cause I need guidance to be true
And I just don't know where I can begin, ooh

What I need is a good defense
'Cause I'm feeling 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