Criminal lyrics

I've been a bad, bad girl

I've been careless with a delicate man

And its 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

'Cause I'm feelin' 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 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 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 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

'Cause I'm feelin' like a criminal

And I need to redeemed

To the one I've sinned against

Because he's all I ever knew of love

What I need is a good defense

'Cause I'm feelin' like a criminal

And I need to redeemed

To the one I've sinned against

Because he's all I ever knew of love

• Artist:Fiona Apple
• Album:Tidal (1996)