Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox - Criminal lyrics

[Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Bridge] 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 [Chorus] 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 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