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[cinitrom]

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 defense
'Cos 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 lies 'till I'm good enough for him.
I've got a lot to lose and I'm bettin' high so I'm begging you--
Before it ends just tell me where to begin.

What I need is a good defense
'Cos 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.

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
'Cos 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.

Fiona Apple. Criminal.