Lyrics: Criminal
Album: Tidal
Artist: Fiona Apple
 

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.

What i need is a good defense
’cause i’m feelin’ like a criminal.
And i need to be redeemed
To the one i sinned against
Because he was 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’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.
What i need is a good defense
’cause i’m feelin’ like a criminal.
And i need to be redeemed
To the one i sinned against
Because he was 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?
’cause the devil wants to know.

What i need is a good defense
’cause i’m feelin’ like a criminal.
And i need to be redeemed
To the one i sinned against
Because he was 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 sinned against
Because he was all i ever knew of love.