Heartbreaker
Feelin' alright
Body over mind
It's slower
Reduction is addictive too
Personality overview

I can see what the cost will be
You know, I don't need you
I just can't put you down
I can see what it all means to me
Honey, I don't need you
I just can't put you down
I can't put you down

Hard drinker
Feelin' uptight
Your maker, mine
It's slower
Reduction is addictive too
Personality overview

I can see what the cost will be
You know, I don't need you
I just can't put you down
I can see what it all means to me
Honey, I don't need you
I just can't put you down

Put you down, down, down, gonna put you down, down
Put you down, down, down, gonna put you down, down
Put you down, down, down, gonna put you down, down
Put you down, down, down, gonna put you down, down

Everything you buy is for the jingle
Every time you lie it's all the same
Ooh, and if you need a rhyme to kill the singer
Shoot me dead before I may be through


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Put You Down Lyrics as written by Jerry Cantrell

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    This song appears to be another about Layne's addictions. "I can see what the cost will be, you know I don't need you, I just can't put you down" - He knows it's destroying him, but he knows he doesn't need it but still doesn't have it in him to fully give up, na'am sayin'?!

    MrKASADYon April 08, 2004   Link

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